Jul 242013
ESPN The Magazine (1-year auto-renewal)
The Magazine for the NEXT generation of sports fans with emphasis on the personality, lifestyle & off–the-field activities of today’s newsworthy & up-and-coming athletes. All delivered with insights, humor, cutting edge design and in-your-face photography.ESPN The Magazine is geared toward young men who want to stay informed about new athletes who are taking the sports world by storm. The magazine showcases the latest newsworthy players on college and professional teams. You’ll find enlighteni
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Keep the mag…just give me ESPN Insider,
Like a previous reviewer, I subscribed to this magazine solely for the access to ESPN Insider. Instead of paying $6.99/month for Insider, $14.99 gets me a year of ESPN Insider, along with a year of the magazine. As for the magazine itself, it’s sort of a high-energy, exciting, layout-filled sports page. The tone of it is far from serious, as it is filled with jokes and sarcasm (not necessarily a bad thing.) But if you’re looking for a well-written magazine with insightful articles, stick to Sports Illustrated. If you simply want a colorful magazine filled with cool sports information (and your ESPN Insider access), go ahead and get this. I did, and I look forward to renewing it in a few months. In fact, just for the ESPN Insider, I’m raising my rating from three to four stars.
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|Great if your attention span is less than 30 seconds,
I purchased this magazine solely to get cheaper access to ESPN Insider Online. The magazine is so all over the place otherwise that its hardly worth reading. Its chock full of tidbits that barely gloss over sports topics. I keep it in my bathroom and I guess its good there when I only have a few minutes to read while brushing my teeth or whatnot. Don’t expect SI-type depth though, its full of ads and slick factoid type departments. Reading this magazine is like watching Sportscenter, a lot of many little things with no depth on anything. I guess its worth it for less than 60 cents an issue, but if I sat down to read this magazine cover to cover I would be done with it totally in under 15 minutes….enjoy.
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|Embarrassingly Bad,
I should preface my review with two facts. First, I don’t pay for ESPN The Magazine, it just started showing up in my mailbox a few months back and hasn’t stopped. Secondly, I love sports, so I’m interested in the material. With that said, this magazine seems to have been designed for those under the age of 14, or at the very least, individuals with attention spans equal to Robin Williams on speed. The writing is juvenile and boring while the format is clearly an attempt to mask these faults. To make up for its kiddie pool depth, the magazine is stuffed with things like countdowns, top 10 lists, odds and anything else an interns can whip up before the deadline. Bottom line, it takes 4 minutes to read the thing cover to cover, and at the end you’ll wish you had that time back.
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