Got to get the issue.. my drag racer (Courtney Force) is in here and now she is, too.
ESPN's version of SI swimsuit edition...
“ESPN’s version of SI swimsuit edition...”
No, it’s not. SI’s swimsuit issue is SOLELY sex appeal. Very different market targets. The SI issue is a fluff approach to men looking at pictures that have included a lot of ‘fake’ bikinis that are painted on the nude body, clearly an attempt to appeal to sexuality of men. The ESPN issue is full nudes shot in a way to highlight the subject’s muscle and tone, more of an appeal to the efforts those athletes put into their training. ESPN also has far more advertisers from the health world (supplements, etc.) and has that market as it’s audience, not only in this issue but in much of the year’s issues.