Twenty-four college soccer players with ties to Wisconsin were named to CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine...
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Comcast SportsNet spoke to Jaime Moreno, Santino Quaranta and Ben Olsen about their involvement in ESPN The Magazine's 'The Body Issue.' Apparently, Benny owes his doc a lunch...?

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We've got two more images (click through the jump for the second) from the guys photoshoot for ESPN The Magazine's 'The Body Issue.' These two didn't make the final cut, but were under consideration for inclusion in the issue that hits newsstands tomorrow. Photos below by Matthias Clamer and courtesy of ESPN The Magazine.

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You know, I never do the CAPTION THIS thing, but this one was too good to pass up . . . .

. . . . As if Red Bulls fan needed another reason to poke fun at their DC rivals.

My entry:

"At least they wore socks ..."

Thanks ESPN the Magazine!

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I saw this photos three different ways yesterday.
1) The Body Issue feature on ESPN.com
2) In print when my ESPN The Magazine arrived
3) Online via Kickette and the D.C. Sports Bog
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Dan Steinberg of D.C. Sports Bog will have a full report about D.C. United's involvement in ESPN The Magazine's soon-to-hit-newsstands Body Issue, but below is a very small sneak peak. United players are seen right round the 54-second mark, with a short comment from Ben Olsen about his dreams of coming out on the field naked.

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Clint Dempsey gets his passport immediately after the El Salvador match. Photo from the ESPN story.
More Nats news after Jimmy was named to the latest roster. The U.S. Men's National Team is once again highlighted by a major ESPN property, ESPN the Magazine. Luke Cyphers followed the team around during the last pair of World Cup qualifiers, joining the team in Salt Lake City prior to the 2-1 win over El Salvador and remaining with them through a 1-0 win away to Trinidad and Tobago. Click to continue reading...

Alright, over here in the States we don't get as much Soccer coverage as we should. � I admit that.

I get ESPN The Magazine and there was an interesting piece in there about the "Everton Way" and how it is used all over the place to train young players because... Everton has to be better at training.

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Brazil & Ghana are the next two teams to have qualified for the World Cup.
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Edgar Castillo of UANL Tigres got his clearance from FIFA on Friday to swap from the Mexican national team to the USA.
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Official Team Blog
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World Cup Qualifying Match & Score:
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USA 2-1 El Salvador - USA goals by Clint Dempsey & Jozy Altidore. Click to continue reading...

Sports Illustrated senior writer Grant Wahl's soon to be released book, "The Beckham Experiment", reveals that ESPN paid 19 Entertainment, Mr. Davey Becks' management company, to produce the hour-long documentary which was broadcast before his first match with the LA Galaxy back in 2007.

In what Wahl describes as an "example of checkbook journalism", the program entitled "David Beckham: New Beginnings" (part one above, the rest is on YouTube) was positioned as an insidery look at the lead up to Davey's move to Los Angeles something ESPN The Magazine failed to get when 19 Entertainment denied them interview access to Beckham.

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If you have never heard the name Eric Frimpong (pictured in blue), then chances are you aren't familiar with his story. It is a sad story of a soccer player who seemingly had the world at his feet before a series of events changed his life forever.

ESPN the Magazine's Sam Alipour has written about Frimpong's story, and it is a must-read.

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In a follow-up piece to our discussion on whether soccer to have more statistics to thrive in the States, Josh Crockett looks at the history of American sports culture and concludes it's the stories behind the numbers that matter.

[America has] had, after all, a century of the most extraordinary and compelling sporting stories to savor and reflect upon.

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I was recently asked by ESPN the Magazine writer Chris Sprow whether I paid much attention to statistics in football. My answer was pretty abrupt, and didn't exactly highlight me as a scholar of the statistical side of the game. "I honestly hardly ever look at stats," I told him, and he quoted me with that in this look at statistics and the appeal of soccer in the States.

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U.S. ex-pat, and current Everton keeper, Tim Howard talks to Kenny Mayne about playing soccer abroad.
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A quick quiz related to the Barcelona-Manchester United final on live at 11:25 a.m. Wednesday on ESPN.

You know this game is big when:

A. ESPN actually recognizes soccer exists and puts Barcelona's Lionel Messi on the cover of ESPN: The Magazine.

B. ESPN shows the final on well, ESPN, compared to ESPN2 or ESPN Classic, which is where it usually shows UEFA ECL contests.

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Finally, a major sports magazine has a true soccer star on its cover and as its feature story! And I don't count Kobe Bryant wearing a Barcelona jersey on the cover of ESPN the Magazine. It is great to finally see this publication put Barca star Lionel Messi on its cover and do a feature story on him, which you can read by clicking this link! Click to continue reading...

But we're going to hype it anyway with a bit of a roundup here and a reminder that we will have live commentary on the game tomorrow afternoon. Check here or soccer.usatoday.com for the link.
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- ESPN: The Magazine actually put Barcelona's Lionel Messi on the cover. Click to continue reading...

This Wednesday's Champions League Final will be a mix of emotions both on and off the pitch. Reason being is that it'll be ESPN's last coverage of the Champions League before they hand the "keys" over to Fox Soccer Channel and Setanta Sports for next season. After broadcasting the Champions League for 15 years, I for one will definitely miss ESPN's coverage.

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English Premier League Champions Manchester United vs. Spanish La Liga Champions FC Barcelona; Coverage across ESPN's Domestic and International Networks; Live Reports from Stadio Olimpico; Digital Services; Studio Programs; ESPN The Magazine Profile; et al ESPN's multimedia coverage of the 2008-09 UEFA Champions League (UCL) season will culminate Wednesday, May 27, with the live telecast of UEFA [. Click to continue reading...

I don't think there are two writers who I am more engrossed in than author Malcolm Gladwell and ESPN's Bill Simmons.
Gladwell continues to churn out books that promote thought - "The Tipping Point", "Blink" and "Outliers"; Simmons column in ESPN the magazine - 'The Sports Guy' - is first-class reading. Click to continue reading...

Bea Arthur may have died last week, but her spirit lives on at ESPN the Magazine. Inspired by Ryan Giggs' surprising receipt of the FA Player of the Year Award they've drawn up the Bea Arthur Select XI; surprisingly there are a couple of MLS name in the mix next to geriatric geniuses like Maldini and Inzaghi. Click to continue reading...

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Can anyone imagine that a major American sports star like Kobe Bryant would wear a Barcelona jersey on the cover of a mainstream sports magazine like ESPN the Magazine 5 years ago? 10 years ago?
Does this mean that soccer has finally arrived in the United States as a major sport? Obviously the answer to that question is no. Click to continue reading...