ESPN The Magazine's second annual Body Issue will find ITS way to your mailbox on Friday. Until then, ESPN Gives us a sneak peak at the cover, Which features WNBA star and former UConn standout Diana Taurasi wearing a tattoo and nothing else.
USA Today's Michael McCarthy spoke with the 2009 WNBA MVP, about the shoot EARLIER this week. "I AM WHO I AM - Whether I have clothes on or off. I'm Still The Same person," Taurasi said by phone from the Czech Republic before the U.S. Leading team into the Finals of the Women's Basketball World Championship on Sunday.
Last month, before it was Revealed That Taurasi Would grace the cover, ESPN The Magazine editor-in-chief Gary Belsky said in an interview That, "We have a women's professional basketball player whose image Will Be Completely Turned Upside Down By The shoot she did for us. "
The photograph is sure to be controversial Because anytime someone takes Their clothes off for a national magazine cover, a subset of the population gets offended. And while that's Not the goal, it doesn't hurt sales, ESPN's Body Inaugural Issue of ITS was a best seller a year ago.
Whatever, Taurasi's agent Lindsay Kagawa said in a statement That, "Diana's feature in the magazine will expand people's Perceptions of her - and that was our AIM. Every woman is a multi-dimensional and Diana's strength Is not constrained to her undeniable Athletic Resume . Her photos are fearless and beautiful and the shoot was a challenge That she embraced. "
Other Athletes featured in this year's issue, According to ESPN: Venus Williams, Patrick Willis, Hanley Ramirez, Jeanette Lee, Kelly Slater and Hershel Walker.
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