Did You See That?
The field clears a fence during the New Season Handicap Steeplechase during the at Ludlow Racecourse on September 16, 2008 in Ludlow, England.
Emanuele Canonica of Italy helps his caddie in the rescue of a pigeon from the water around the 18th green during the first round of the Portugal Masters at the Oceanico Victoria Golf Course on October 16, 2008 in Vilamoura, Portugal.
A multiexposure image showing Britain's Andy Murray returning to Croatian Marin Cilic during a last sixteen tennis match at the Madrid Masters in Madrid on October 16, 2008. Andy Murray won 7-5, 7-6.
English football fans dressed in armours and tunics play in a friendly match against Belarus fans in Minsk on October 15, 2008 before the start of the Belarus vs. England 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier of European group 6 match.
Travis Brigley (R) of Hamburg fights with Matt Keith (L) of Ingolstadt during the DEL match between Hamburg Freezers and ERC Ingolstadt at the Color Line Arena on October 14, 2008 in Hamburg, Germany.
Russian Nikolay Davydenko returns a ball to US Robby Ginepri during a second round tennis match at the Masters in Madrid on October 15, 2008.
A golf ball which has been enveloped by the tree over many years is pictured during the pro-am for the Portugal Masters at the Oceanico Victoria Golf Course on October 15, 2008 in Vilamoura, Portugal.
Andy Murray of Great Britain plays football during his training session prior to his thrid round match tomorrow at the Madrid Masters tennis tournament at the Madrid Arena on October 15, 2008 in Madrid, Spain.
Samuel Peter from Nigeria gets a punch from Vitali Klitschko of Ukraine during their WBC heavyweight boxing world championship fight in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008. Klitschko won the fight after round nine due to technical knock out.
Herbert Knosowski, AP
Japan's Kyoko Hamaguchi (lower) fights with China's Hong Yan (red) during the semi-final of the 72kg class of the Women's Wrestling World Championships in Tokyo on October 13, 2008. Hong defeated Hamaguchi and will face Bulgaria's Stanka Zlateva in the final.
Yoshikazu Tsuno, AFP/Getty Images
But in the end, none of it mattered, as Andrews, champion of Wordpress (read: "blog") photo galleries worldwide, walked away with the 2009 crown as Playboy's sexiest sportscaster (link leads to Playboy.com; NSFW warnings do apply.)
The contest came down to five finalists and the final round featured, in no particular order: Andrews, Charissa Thompson, Molly Sullivan, Lauren Shehadi and Bonnie Bernstein (??)
Sullivan and Thompson, out of the final group, seemed like the only real contenders to EA's crown. In the end, they obviously weren't strong enough to beat out Andrews' love-riddled legion of online fans. Additionally, ESPN's reach typically outweighs most of the other networks, and when you consider that Andrews gets abundantly more coverage than anyone else in the sports blogosphere, this shouldn't come as a big surprise.
What is somewhat shocking (aside from me actually taking time to analyze how this competition broke down) is the lack of appearance by Lindsay Soto and Alex Flanagan, whom I previously mentioned as two darkhorse candidates. By no means am I saying the voting was rigged, but if you replace Shehadi and Bernstein with those two, there's a decent chance of a "third party" vote that could have netted a closer finish.
But that's not to take away from Andrews. She is gorgeous and she is a great sideline reporter, so big ups -- or whatever the kids are saying -- to EA for repeating as champ in 2009.
Did You See That?
The field clears a fence during the New Season Handicap Steeplechase during the at Ludlow Racecourse on September 16, 2008 in Ludlow, England.
Emanuele Canonica of Italy helps his caddie in the rescue of a pigeon from the water around the 18th green during the first round of the Portugal Masters at the Oceanico Victoria Golf Course on October 16, 2008 in Vilamoura, Portugal.
A multiexposure image showing Britain's Andy Murray returning to Croatian Marin Cilic during a last sixteen tennis match at the Madrid Masters in Madrid on October 16, 2008. Andy Murray won 7-5, 7-6.
English football fans dressed in armours and tunics play in a friendly match against Belarus fans in Minsk on October 15, 2008 before the start of the Belarus vs. England 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier of European group 6 match.
Travis Brigley (R) of Hamburg fights with Matt Keith (L) of Ingolstadt during the DEL match between Hamburg Freezers and ERC Ingolstadt at the Color Line Arena on October 14, 2008 in Hamburg, Germany.
Russian Nikolay Davydenko returns a ball to US Robby Ginepri during a second round tennis match at the Masters in Madrid on October 15, 2008.
A golf ball which has been enveloped by the tree over many years is pictured during the pro-am for the Portugal Masters at the Oceanico Victoria Golf Course on October 15, 2008 in Vilamoura, Portugal.
Andy Murray of Great Britain plays football during his training session prior to his thrid round match tomorrow at the Madrid Masters tennis tournament at the Madrid Arena on October 15, 2008 in Madrid, Spain.
Samuel Peter from Nigeria gets a punch from Vitali Klitschko of Ukraine during their WBC heavyweight boxing world championship fight in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008. Klitschko won the fight after round nine due to technical knock out.
Herbert Knosowski, AP
Japan's Kyoko Hamaguchi (lower) fights with China's Hong Yan (red) during the semi-final of the 72kg class of the Women's Wrestling World Championships in Tokyo on October 13, 2008. Hong defeated Hamaguchi and will face Bulgaria's Stanka Zlateva in the final.
Yoshikazu Tsuno, AFP/Getty Images
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
2-12-2009 @ 1:40PM
J O S E said...
Total BS. IMO she's not. But more than that, she is not a good reporter. The only way she keeps her job, is she's probably sleeping with a VIP at ESPN. Period!!
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2-12-2009 @ 2:03PM
soxfan979 said...
Erin Andrews is a 10!! ... yer outta yer mind!!
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2-12-2009 @ 7:59PM
Sieben said...
in YOUR OPINION . diffidently not mine maybe a 7 at best
2-12-2009 @ 2:06PM
Lounatick said...
Hmmm
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2-12-2009 @ 2:24PM
ron10023 said...
Suzy Kulber is much better!
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2-12-2009 @ 2:33PM
Ty said...
Give me Rachel Nichols any day of the week. She's gotta be in the top 5 at least. What a joke...
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2-12-2009 @ 5:59PM
legeagle2 said...
Ty, I agree that Rachel is hot, but, what is the deal with her hair? You never see her without one side of her locks cast back over one shoulder. Is that her on camera MO?
2-13-2009 @ 11:29AM
cambsmart said...
you are so right she is smoking hot
2-15-2009 @ 11:34AM
hoard11 said...
I used to think Rachel Nichols was hot, BUT then i saw her profile... hooked "witch" type nose, and a mole on her right side... my god, you wouldn't want to wake up to that..
2-12-2009 @ 2:34PM
mrnov said...
where's Andrea Creamer lol
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2-12-2009 @ 2:38PM
Duane A. Portee said...
tall and blonde does it all the time. What a joke there's 3-4 others that top her. Who did the voting?
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2-12-2009 @ 2:39PM
dunghanger said...
I like Bernstein. She is attractive, funny and a good reporter. Enough with the ???? after her name.
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2-12-2009 @ 2:42PM
greenarrow said...
Wheres Pam Oliver? come on shes hot
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2-12-2009 @ 2:44PM
jonesy533 said...
I Agree. Erin Andrews is SMOKEIN HOT
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2-12-2009 @ 2:47PM
GatorRich said...
How bout them SEXY Gators!!!
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2-12-2009 @ 2:53PM
broncofreak7 said...
Not that it matters, but golfed with someone who's bro in law worked for ESPN who said shes slept with a lot of players, other ESPN personnel...basically that shes a ho....could be just a rumor but doubt it! She is pretty hot, though!
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2-12-2009 @ 5:38PM
BenDrake said...
Why don't you put your real name and address after that slander. I'm sure she can use the extra money. You are a loser.
2-12-2009 @ 10:29PM
Debra said...
I personally believe this poll is ridiculous, AND...Yeh ok, take the word of a bunch of testosterone-filled men at a sports franchise such as ESPN...PLEzzzzzzz What else would they say to fill their own ego and then pass it on as truth from one to another. Give me a break
2-12-2009 @ 3:38PM
Uptown said...
PAM OLIVER is The ONE
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2-12-2009 @ 3:15PM
hookmrl said...
she might be a 6 on a good day
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