Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition 2009 Includes Phoenix Suns Dancer and Danica Patrick

The new Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition out today features local Phoenix Suns dancer Kayla Oberg and Indy-Car-Queen Danica Patrick of Scottsdale.That's Oberg on the right. Her bio on the site says she's a 22-year-old make-up artist from Gilbert -- dispelling any notion the town is just a boring Mormonville.This is...

By Ray Stern

February 10, 2009

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The new Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition out today features local Phoenix Suns dancer Kayla Oberg and Indy-Car-Queen Danica Patrick of Scottsdale.

That's Oberg on the right. Her bio on the site says she's a 22-year-old make-up artist from Gilbert -- dispelling any notion the town is just a boring Mormonville.

This is the second splash into the Swimsuit Edition by Patrick (below). Suffice to say, she's outdone herself.

Ray Stern is the former news editor of Phoenix New Times. He worked as a newspaper reporter in Arizona for more than two decades. He's won numerous awards for his reporting, including the Arizona Press Club's Don Bolles Award for Investigative Journalism.

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