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Nobody Puts Erin Andrews in the Corner

Aug 2, 2008, 9:20 PM UTC

This week, syndicated columnist Mike Nadel used his column â†µinches to destroy ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews â†µfor her wardrobe and conduct at Wednesday’s Cubs-Brewers â†µgame in Milwaukee. Nadel’s piece got a ton of play, and he â†µended up discussing it on Deadspin.
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â†µESPN made an official retort, â†µtelling EA to get on with her bad self and ignore the â†µhaters (in slightly more eloquent words, of course). â†µAndrews herself has now responded, through a â†µconversation with Minneapolis Star-Tribune blogger â†µMichael Rand.â†µâ†µâ‡¥“If anything, I think these guys look at me â†µâ‡¥like a little sister or one of the guys. ... I don’t look â†µâ‡¥at myself as a sex object. I’ve never carried myself in â†µâ‡¥that way. I’m a girl that loves sports. I’m a tomboy. â†µâ‡¥That’s the last thing on my mind when I’m in the clubhouse â†µâ‡¥— worrying about players checking me out.”â†µâ†µThat could be perfectly honest. And Andrews could be the â†µleast self-aware person in the world. She has acknowledged â†µthe attention she gets from 20-something male sports fans â†µin the past. Why shouldn’t she think these 20-something â†µmale baseball players might act the same way? Of course, in â†µno universe is this as big a problem as Nadel makes it out â†µto be. Who cares if Lou Piniella hits on her, or she feels â†µup Alfonso Soriano? Maybe the voluntary moratorium on all things â†µEA should be spread to the traditional media.â†µ

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