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ESPN (A bunch of Death-Spiraling maroons)

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Since readers/subscribers do not nominate or suggest athletes, I'm wondering how ESPN landed on Abby Wambach to pose nude (but covered) in the "body" issue of ESPN the Magazine.

Seems it's like landing on the name "McLovin" on a fake ID.

http://content.usatoday.com/communi...-magazine-reveals-roster-of-next-body-issue/1

This year's roster from "The Bodies We Want:"

Carlos Bocanegra (Soccer)

Rob Gronkowski (NFL)

Abby Wambach (soccer)

Tyson Chandler (NBA)

Candace Parker (WNBA)

Maurice Jones-Drew (NFL)

Jose Bautista (MLB)

Brad Richards (NHL)

Maya Gabiera (surfing)

Ronda Rousey (MMA)

Daniela Hantuchova (WTA)

Mike Smith (jockey)

Tim Morehouse (fencing)

Walter Dix (track)

Danell Leyva (gymnastics)

Suzann Pettersen (LPGA)

Ashton Eaton (decathlon)

Carmelita Jeter (track)

Anna Tunnicliffe (sailing)

Oksana Masters (paralympic rowing)
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VBSJ;2171780; said:
Since readers/subscribers do not nominate or suggest athletes, I'm wondering how ESPN landed on Abby Wambach to pose nude (but covered) in the "body" issue of ESPN the Magazine.
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I'd rather see Hope Solo watering her lawn again.

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Found via a link on SI's Hot Clicks (proper sourcing thank you), Awful Announcing (apparently not linkable from BP) goes to town on ESPN's NBA fanboy Chris Broussard:

So that's not just one, but two examples of Chris Broussard packaging what was already common public knowledge as his own reporting...

As for what happened with Chris Broussard last night, there are two theories as to how this must have transpired and two theories only.
First, Broussard could have been doing his own reporting and what appears to be his nefarious sourcing is actually coincidental. Maybe he was away from Twitter and got no word of Williams' tweet and Gordon's statement. Maybe he was on the phone doing the reporting on his own and just happened to report this news several minutes after it became common knowledge. (In that case, he's not stealing scoops, just late with them.) Maybe he just happened to get the same exact statement from Gordon personally as was in the statement. This could just be a case of bad luck that looks really, really unfortunate for Broussard and ESPN. None of us have a spy camera on Broussard's Blackberry or iPad so it's impossible to know for sure.

The second option is that Broussard repackaged what was already public as his own reporting and attached SOURCE on the front of it to make it seem important and exclusive... as ESPN has had a noted habit of doing.
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BayBuck;2174272; said:
Found via a link on SI's Hot Clicks (proper sourcing thank you), Awful Announcing (apparently not linkable from BP) goes to town on ESPN's NBA fanboy Chris Broussard:
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Dan Patrick was commenting on this (or condemning Broussard) Thursday morning. I didn't know what Patrick was speaking about at the time.

I imagine the accusations could also apply to Joe Schad.
 
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