Is (former) ESPN columnist Sarah Phillips scamming people online?

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knapplc

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This is a long, bizarre read.

Is An ESPN Columnist Scamming People On The Internet?
Is Sarah Phillips for real? Thirteen months ago, she was an unknown message-board participant at Covers.com, a gambling website. Then Covers plucked her from the boards and gave her a weekly column, sight unseen. Five months after that, she was tapped by Lynn Hoppes, an editor for ESPN.com, to write a weekly column for ESPN's Page 2?once the home of writers like David Halberstam, Ralph Wiley, and Hunter S. Thompson, and which has now been rebranded as ESPN's Playbook. The swiftness of her ascent gave her that weird sort of internet half-celebrity whereby she became moderately famous before anyone really knew who she was.

Or before anyone was sure that she existed at all. In message boards over at Covers and websites like Beyond the Bets, you'll still see questions about things that should be elementary: Is she actually in her 20s? A college student? Does she actually gamble as much as she's claimed? Why doesn't she ever appear on videos or podcasts? Has she harassed people? Is she actually a scammer? Is she really who she says she is?
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Edited title because "Sarah Phillips" has been fired by ESPN as of 5/1/12 - the day Deadspin broke this story.

Also edited title because Minnesota couldn't find the original thread. This is a personal favor to my good friend Minnesota.

 
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Not surprised. ESPN's ethics borders on criminal anyway. It's amazing that Phillips is only just a microcosm of what ESPN has become.

 
This story is by far the most interesting thing i have ever read... It is a long read.

http://deadspin.com/5906658/is-an-espn-columnist-scamming-people-on-the-internet

Some more stories coming out delved even deeper into Ms.Phillips and her trouble.

?tag=sarah-phillips"]http://deadspin.com/5906849/sarah-phillips-admits-she-concealed-her-identity-made-poor-choices-with-who-to-trust-[update]?tag=sarah-phillips

http://nilsenreport.ca/2012/05/01/former-espn-columnist-sarah-phillips-exposed/

Basically this "girl" has played and scammed a lot of people--She is now "buying"(more like stealing) Twitter accounts...

So much going on here.. my mind was blown last night.

 
This just gets more and more weird. Sounds like "Sarah Phillips" has been scamming - or trying to scam - a bunch of people out of their Twitter accounts: LINK

And some screen grabs of emails and other conversations where this person threatens a guy trying to regain control of his account. LINK

 
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It was the second article on the page. But since you insist, I'm merging the topics. Consider this your prize for winning the Hottest Woman contest.

 
I'll let you have an intimate night alone with Ms. Phillips. That's my final offer.

 
knapplc said:
I'll let you have an intimate night alone with Ms. Phillips. That's my final offer.
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My fiance might not like that.... Not to mention I am pretty sure Sarah Phillips is an Indian man....

I counter offer with this: Change huskerboards name to: MINNESOTA_HUSKER LAND

 
Is this the girl?

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