How do you feel about Candace Parker's C-cup being referenced in this lede?

Last I checked, you don't need to be over 18 to buy ESPN the mag. It's a general interest sports magazine, not Playboy or Penthouse.

I'm not saying a reference to breast size makes ESPN the equivalent of those. Just saying, it's not exclusively an adult audience that's reading this article.

 

Holy C cups, Batman!

 

It's tacky and cheap.

It also turns fact-checker into a weirdo.

 

Haven't read the last couple of pages, but pretty sure ringer wins Best Post.

 

Yep. I think we're done here.

 

I can't explain exactly why it bothers me, but yes, it does bother me that it was in the lede. I mean, if she is not out there "promoting" that part of herself, then the media has no right to do it. Some female athletes put that part of themselves out there in that way. Some don't. If they do, it's fair game. If not, leave it alone.

 

If she's not flaunting her boobs, by dressing to highlight them or by talking about them, then it's not part of the marketing of her. And it's not as if they are such that they would stand out under non-revelatory clothing, so I don't really think they're an unspoken marketing tool, either.

So the taste issue aside, the C-cup reference doesn't pass the relevance test.

 

I meant Kournikova. My bad.

 

Yeah, I know. I wasn't being literal. I meant that she was presuming a certain amount of maturity on the part of her readers.

 

I always thought it was because Ewing couldn't make a basket without traveling. ;D

 

I'm late to this party; but, I dont' see the point in the reference to her breasts. If the point of the article was to compare her to Michael Jordan, then mentioning her breasts is completely irrelevant.