BECAUSE SPORTSWRITING ISN'T ABOUT THE ATHLETES, IT'S ABOUT ME
Last week, ESPN The Magazine unveiled their 2016 version of the "Body Issue", their annual special edition dedicated to artfully-done, mostly-nude photography of prominent athletes. This year's issue featured pictorials of stars such as Dwyane Wade, Jake Arrieta, Elena Delle Donne, and Vince Wilfork, and received a decent amount of buzz.
Well, that got us thinking.
The most important aspect of sports is the athletes, isn't it? Without them, it's just a bunch of taxpayer-funded white-elephant stadiums sitting empty 365 days a year (as opposed to 350).