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As I watched Good Morning America today, did a spit-tale at the sight of a fully naked Apolo Ohno on the screen. (At 8:30am? Think of the children!) No, morning news had not gone risque for the day, as I'd hoped, I was merely looking at this preview of ESPN The Magazine's third annual "Body Issue." As is tradition, a slew of new athletes will pose naked for this year's edition, including Hope Solo, the Mets' Jose Reyes, and snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler, who also happens to be this year's cover girl. The issue, which has featured a nude Serena Williams on the cover in years past, will hit newsstands on Friday. More »
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So apparently star goalie Hope Solo "hinted on her twitter account on Tuesday that she will pose naked in the famed "Body Issue" of ESPN The Magazine." Her "hint": "Being naked outside is very liberating....atleast I hope it will be @ESPN and @ESPNMAG!!! GAMETIME BABY! Ball up!" Yeah, subtle. More »
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Under Hannah Storm's new multi-year ESPN contract she'll do more reporting from events like the Super Bowl, NBA Finals, and Wimbledon, while continuing to anchor SportsCenter. She's also working on several projects behind-the-scenes, including producing a film on women's soccer. More »
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ESPN has now fired announcer Ron Franklin for calling a sideline reporter "sweet baby" and "asshole." Says the network, "Based on what occurred last Friday, we have ended our relationship with him." More »
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Being a female sideline reporter just gets more fun all the time — on Friday, ESPN announcer Rod Franklin's sexist comments to reporter Jeannine Edwards got him pulled from a bowl game. And it's not his first offense. More »
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The good news about ESPN's new site for women is that it's not pink, and so far there are no pedicures. But is it any good? More »
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It's cool that ESPN: The Magazine put a female athlete on the cover of the Movie Issue, but why did Lindsey Vonn have to be photographed as Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct? More »
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ESPN The Magazine has revealed three of the six cover athletes planned for its second annual "Body Issue." And just like last year, the sports stars don't have any clothes on. More »
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This weekend, Tiger Woods gave his first one-on-one interviews since his November career immolation, and his answers were a little vague. So vague, you could almost rearrange his responses at random, which gave us an idea for a game ... More »
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In this week's compilation of pop culture crap: a horrifying cornucopia of full-frontal nudity, Elisabeth Hasselback, and sad cats. More »
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Andrea McNulty, a hostess at a Lake Tahoe Harrah's, is suing Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger for raping her. So why did ESPN tell its reporters not to cover the suit? More »
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L.A. Sparks forward Candace Parker has landed the latest cover of ESPN magazine. The 22-year-old is depicted in a way rarely seen among athletes: In a white gown, holding her pregnant belly. More »
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It's probably not a happy thing that I was this psyched that ESPN's "ESPY Awards" took place last night in L.A. But it's been so long since we had a real live awards show to critique! Of course, ESPYs are a little off the beaten track, in that you get a liberal dose of athletes sprinkled amongst the usual Listers. Prepare to feast your eyes on Posh and Becks, Lisa Leslie, Kate Walsh, various Kardashians, Gastineaux and Girls Next Door - all after his extra-sportif jump. More »
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• DKNY Jeans has announced a "partnership" with Rachel Bilson, who will be doing her own denim line for the brand. "Fans of 'The O.C.' really like DKNY Jeans, and I know they make great stuff, so I thought it could be good... I can't draw at all, so I won't be doing any sketches, but I am learning to sew," she says. [WWD, sub req'd]

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Today's Wall Street Journal examines a refreshing shift for the news media: ESPN is hiring real journalists all of a sudden, snapping them up from struggling print media outlets, a strategy the paper credits for them kicking ass on the story on how all the baseball players take steroids. (I think we can also credit the strategy for Stephen A. Smith, but whatevs.) Anyway, here's the thing: the guys in the picture they use are ug-ly. And they're not even, like, fatly-distinguished-interesting ugly, like Tim Russert or Aaron Brown, they're just sorta meh boring. Needless to say, I am not waiting for similar trends to go down in the world of lady-journalism. For one thing, there is no ESPN of, um, any ultimately meaningless but harmless and much-beloved female-dominated pastime. But I mean, say for a second there was a female-dominated pastime so important to females they demanded the very best and shrewdest journalists covering its intricacies, photogenicity be damned. More »
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• Ann Coulter refers to self in third-person, suggests she may own a pair of testicles. [Radar]

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