Letters

Aimee Metcalf, Bend, Ore.

Come on, couldn't you persuade Tom Brady, David Beckham or either of the Barber twins to slap on some body paint? If you had those fellows at the photo shoot, they could have helped those poor girls find the halves of their swimsuits they seem to have lost.

Melinda Petz, Olathe, Kansas

The best part of the 2006 Swimsuit Issue? It wasn't new faces like Carla Campbell, Brooklyn Decker, Aline Nakashima, Pania Rose and Yesica Toscanini or the all-star cast of Elsa Benitez, Yamila Diaz-Rahi, Rachel Hunter, Elle Macpherson, Carolyn Murphy, Daniela Pestova, Rebecca Romijn and Veronica Varekova. Paint-on suits on Heidi Klum? The $30 million bikini on Molly Sims? Maria Sharapova off the tennis court? Not quite. The best part was seeing Petra Nemcova again and reading Rick Reilly's piece on her long, painful recovery.

Gerard R. Magno, Durham, N.C.

Faces in the Crowd

Congratulations to Greg Nelson for his photograph of 5'9" New York Knicks rookie guard Nate Robinson winning the NBA slam dunk championship (Leading Off, Feb. 27). Oddly, the focus of the shot isn't Robinson, but the emotional expressions on the faces of the hundreds of fans and NBA players watching him. A truly captivating and memorable photo.

R. Lorenzo DeNino, Gaithersburg, Md.

Bald Out

I completely disagree with Kelli Anderson, who sympathizes with Zach Lund over his disqualification from the Olympics for using a hair-restoration drug (Scorecard, Feb. 27). Anyone who is competing in the Olympics should be disqualified for stupidity if they take a questionable drug without first clearing it with the powers that be.