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General Category => Sports/Entertainment/MSM/Social Media => Topic started by: mountaineer on June 25, 2018, 02:20:29 pm
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ESPN Proves it's The Worldwide Leader in Liberal and Naked Sports
by Jay Maxson | June 25, 2018 10:00 AM EDT
Read entire article at Newsbusters (https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/jay-maxson/2018/06/24/espn-proves-its-worldwide-leader-liberal-and-naked-sports)
It's a well-known fact that ESPN doesn't always stick to sports. And this week The Worldwide Leader in (Liberal and Naked) Sports will prove again that it doesn't always stick to clothed athletes either. ESPN is unveiling—disrobing is a better word choice—its 10th edition of the Body Issue (online and in its magazine), and 16 current and former athletes will be featured without a stitch of clothing. For the past few days, the network website has been titillating viewers by featuring nude photos from an archive of the past nine years of body issues.
Apparently our sex-drenched culture needs one more media outlet appealing to people's prurient interests. Swimsuits and faux swimsuits painted on models sells magazines and gets clicks for Sports Illustrated. ESPN one-downs SI by featuring completely buck naked athletes to raise viewership during the dog days of summer. No privates are visible on these immodest athletes; those are covered by side views and arms and legs, allowing the athletes to run, jump and cavort about with no fabric restraints at all. ...
The issue is welcoming to rainbow athletes, too. Pro basketball players Sue Bird and Breanna Stewart, who are dating, and the world's most famous Olympic bronze medalist, Adam Rippon, are featured, too. Last year's shoot featured homosexual skier Gus Kenworthy. ...
Nudity is just part of the ESPN culture, says former employee Adrienne Lawrence. Suing ESPN for sexual harassment, she claims women are routinely objectified there and employees watch pornography in the work place. So a word to the wise for ESPN: if the Lawrence suit goes to trial, you might want to downplay the Body Issue.
I understand golfer Greg Norman, 63, is in this year's edition. Many people already are saying, "Ewwww" at the prospect.
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Just went there to check some scores....WTF?!?!?!?!?!
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I saw the Greg Norman pictures.
I mean, the guy looks good for early 60s, but that's something I never want to see again. Think Burt Reynolds in Striptease.
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