A Very Bad Week For ESPN

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Published: July 24, 2009

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... year for ESPN, the World Wide Leader in Sports.  George Bodenheimer, the current president of ESPN Inc., should've been popping champagne this week because of the two very big events.

1. ESPN's ESPYs awards, the annual celebratory showcase, was a success.

2. After a successful test run in Chicago, ESPN announced on Monday their plans to expand what can only be described as ESPN Local, an ambitious project which looks to dominate local sports coverage in New York, Los Angeles, and Dallas.

So these last seven days were supposed to awesome.
But here's the ugly truth:  They haven't been, not even close.  In fact these last seven days have kinda sucked.
Calamity No. 1: The Erin Andrews saga.
Word started to creep out late last week that a grainy video that apparently showed a naked Erin Andrews, the undisputed princess of ESPN, was circulating around on the internet.  Apparently somebody filmed the popular sid...

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