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Athletes may pose nude for ESPN mag
KRQE ^
| Published : Friday, 12 Jun 2009, 7:24 AM MDT
| By LILY FU, Special Contributor
Posted on 06/15/2009 12:19:15 PM PDT by Perdogg
NEW YORK - In a move that could give Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit issue a run for its money, ESPN The Magazine will publish its first "Body Issue," which may showcase pro, amateur and Olympic athletes posing in the nude.
USA Today reports that the issue, slated to hit newsstands on Oct. 19, is hoping to feature athletes posing in the buff in artistic, tasteful ways. Editor in chief Gary Belsky said the magazine has to figure out how to "use equipment and pads and bats and goalposts and soccer nets and pucks and helmets to obscure body parts that we still can't quite go to in a magazine that's part of a company owned by [Disney]."
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Sports
KEYWORDS: boycottdisney; culturewar; espn; hollyweird; pornification; softcore; strokemagazine; waltsrotatingcorpse
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To: synbad600
Rich Garces's nickname with the Sox was El Guapo!
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posted on
06/15/2009 1:08:47 PM PDT
by
Holicheese
(He stopped the War on Terror and started a War on Patriotism!)
To: iowamark
“Editor says it’s not about sex”
If that’s true, I’m sure they’ll feature nude men as well as women.
But I wouldn’t bet on it.
To: John Will
“I take it you’ve never seen greco-roman sculptures or Michelangelo’s David.”
I take it you understand the difference between sculpture and glossy sports-mag photos.
To: Perdogg
who is the young lady in green and black?
Yelena Isinbayeva
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posted on
06/15/2009 2:46:07 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(It's going to get a lot worse now that the anchor babies are voting!)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
06/15/2009 6:45:12 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: Cagey; Larry Lucido; Rebelbase; Mr. Brightside
Jerry: "But the thing you don't realize is that there's good naked and bad naked. Naked hair brushing, good; naked hiking a football, bad.
To: John Will
Michelangelo wasnt trying to one up his rival to sell magazines. Its a crass and cheap effort at best.
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posted on
06/16/2009 3:04:45 AM PDT
by
Bulldawg Fan
(Victory is the last thing Murtha and his fellow Defeatists want.)
To: John Will
How much is self respect worth?
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posted on
06/16/2009 3:07:47 AM PDT
by
Bulldawg Fan
(Victory is the last thing Murtha and his fellow Defeatists want.)
To: MotleyGirl70
To: americanophile
They just want their version of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
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posted on
06/16/2009 9:19:13 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money -- Thatcher)
To: Voter62vb
I’d hit it...with a sledgehammer.
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posted on
06/16/2009 9:29:20 AM PDT
by
CT-Freeper
(Said the frequently disappointed but ever optimistic Mets fan.)
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