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Deadspin: Who is Sarah Phillips?
Posted on 5/1/12 at 7:49 pm
Posted on 5/1/12 at 7:49 pm
ESPN may have hired scammer as a columnist
Update: "Sarah Phillips" has been fired from ESPN.com
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Is Sarah Phillips for real? Thirteen months ago, she was an unknown message-board participant at Covers.com, a gambling website. Then Covers plucked her from the boards and gave her a weekly column, sight unseen. Five months after that, she was tapped by Lynn Hoppes, an editor for ESPN.com, to write a weekly column for ESPN's Page 2—once the home of writers like David Halberstam, Ralph Wiley, and Hunter S. Thompson, and which has now been rebranded as ESPN's Playbook. The swiftness of her ascent gave her that weird sort of internet half-celebrity whereby she became moderately famous before anyone really knew who she was.
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Campbell said he had "several" conversations with Phillips over the phone, but he never met her in person. "There wasn't anything that convincingly showed me that she wasn't who she said she was," he said. "And if I'm wrong, we'll be embarrassed and ESPN will be embarrassed."
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The mystery began almost immediately. Covers posted three columnist photos—one next to the byline, one at the top of the page, and one in the body of her column. The seemingly bewigged woman in the first one didn't look anything like the blonde in the other two. In the second column, another photo appeared, this one showing the blonde posing with another woman and an Asian guy named Justin. A commenter pointed out that the same photo could be found on the "Hot Chicks with Douchebags" website. Were all these photos of the same person? It didn't seem like it. And were all these photos actually of Sarah Phillips?
Phillips provided the photos to Covers.
Update: "Sarah Phillips" has been fired from ESPN.com
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Posted on 5/1/12 at 7:55 pm to SlowFlowPro
Ohhhh, I love shite like this.
Posted on 5/1/12 at 7:56 pm to SlowFlowPro
God that story is long.
SO what was the endgame? Why did it matter if the person said they were who they were? Who cares as long as they provide content. Were they doing anything illegal?
SO what was the endgame? Why did it matter if the person said they were who they were? Who cares as long as they provide content. Were they doing anything illegal?
Posted on 5/1/12 at 7:56 pm to SlowFlowPro
What if I told you the most popular sports network on Earth was run by a by a rag-tag group of mentally retarded goons?
ESPN PRESENTS: 30 for 30: We Got Trolled, Hard
ESPN PRESENTS: 30 for 30: We Got Trolled, Hard
Posted on 5/1/12 at 7:57 pm to SlowFlowPro
So is ESPN actually trying to be serious? I can never tell.
Posted on 5/1/12 at 7:57 pm to SlowFlowPro
Posted on 5/1/12 at 7:57 pm to HT713
Posted on 5/1/12 at 7:58 pm to F1V3LSU
quote:
Why did it matter if the person said they were who they were? Who cares as long as they provide content. Were they doing anything illegal?
there are stories of her (and her myserious indian friend) interacting with 2 guys and possibly committing fraud. one was to get straight cash homey, and the other basically stole a facebook page from a guy
This post was edited on 5/1/12 at 7:58 pm
Posted on 5/1/12 at 8:01 pm to HT713
Posted on 5/1/12 at 8:02 pm to HT713
quote:
What if I told you the most popular sports network on Earth was run by a by a rag-tag group of mentally retarded goons? ESPN PRESENTS: 30 for 30: We Got Trolled, Hard
Posted on 5/1/12 at 8:05 pm to SlowFlowPro
Deadspin is even more obsessed with ESPN than the MSB
Posted on 5/1/12 at 8:06 pm to usc6158
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Deadspin is even more obsessed with ESPN than the MSB
well there's just so much material there... like comics in the 90's. They couldn't STOP making fun of Billy clinton.
Posted on 5/1/12 at 8:10 pm to usc6158
oh yeah Deadspin really hates the Mothership
although, i think their obsession may just be more of marketing/opportunity
1. ESPN is the by far #1 sports network. if you're going to aim at one, you go for ESPN
2. deadspin has connects at ESPN that give them lots of dirt, and over time has forced ESPN to give them access. DS may not have the same secret sources with other areas, so off to ESPN they go
although, i think their obsession may just be more of marketing/opportunity
1. ESPN is the by far #1 sports network. if you're going to aim at one, you go for ESPN
2. deadspin has connects at ESPN that give them lots of dirt, and over time has forced ESPN to give them access. DS may not have the same secret sources with other areas, so off to ESPN they go
Posted on 5/1/12 at 8:12 pm to HT713
Holy shite that's great.
Posted on 5/1/12 at 8:15 pm to kfizzle85
feel bad for the NBA memes guy... live and learn, i guess.
Posted on 5/1/12 at 8:39 pm to lowspark12
yeah the world of online sports web sites is a dangerous place, I LEARNED MY LESSON
Posted on 5/1/12 at 8:39 pm to HT713
Well done, sir.
Posted on 5/1/12 at 8:40 pm to SlowFlowPro
How big of a girl was he?
Posted on 5/1/12 at 8:41 pm to lowspark12
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NBA memes guy
can anyone elaborate on this? Don't know the backstory.
Posted on 5/1/12 at 8:41 pm to SlowFlowPro
you can't make an all-caps-statement like that and not at least explain yourself a little....
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