When ESPN The Magazine debuted in the spring of 1998, Kevin Garnett and Stephon Marbury teamed up for one of the funniest commercials the network has ever put together (and that's really saying something)--a playful jab at Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue:
I was a junior at the University of Richmond at the time, and this ad was the coolest thing on campus. Also that March, our Spiders won the Colonial Athletic Conference tournament to qualify for the big dance (where 14th-seeded and perennial giant-killer Richmond upset No. 3 South Carolina in the first round).
And that's the lead-in for the single greatest sign I've ever seen a fan bring to a sporting event (sadly, I don't have a photo). One of our games that semester was broadcast on ESPN2, so in order to get on TV, a student in the crowd displayed the following:
Every
Spider
Plays
Nude
2 be tasteful
Brilliant. From yesterday, here's the runner up.
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