Deadspin: Is an ESPN columnist scamming people on the Internet?

Does anyone know where to find ESPN.com's Senior Jonas Brothers Correspondent?

 

I'm confused.

Does the girl exist?

Is she a gambler?

Or does she exist, but she's actually a front for the Indian dude, and he's the real gambler?

 

Hoppes is the World Champion and he has the belt to prove it.

 

If this keeps up, Hoppes might have to get a haircut for his next job.

 

I think the Indian dude created her. Although she might be Kaiser Soze.

 

I'd love to hear an audio recording of her interview with Hoppes when she was hired. If the Indian dude created her, did he have a friend talk on the phone, and if so how did she fake sports knowledge? Does the Indian dude have a really convincing female voice?

 

she's issuing a mea culpa on Twitter... honestly I don't see how the person who hired her to represent ESPN should be in a position to make hiring decisions in the future.

 

You can read "her side of the story" here, as long as the tweets stay up.

 

Does this "I have severed ties with many people today. I need a new circle. I need to get back to being a 22-year-old." mean she wasn't really a big-time gambler putting thousands on NBA games?

 

good to see she's still westside 'til she dies

 

Sounds like she is a real person, and the brains behind the operation was the indian guy, who goes\went to oregon state with her and is a friend of hers.

 

This is like the online sports writing version of Shattered Glass.