ESPN's Body Issue features numerous shots of naked athletes. ESPN is so proud of the issue, that they made six different covers, each featuring a different nude athlete. The nude cover photos include Serena Williams, Adrian Peterson, Gina Carano, Dwight Howard, Claire Bevilacqua, and Sarah Reinertsen.
ESPN's Body Issue is clearly taking a page out of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue playbook, but to the extent that sex sells, ESPN's Body Issue does not seem to make the grade. Three times more people think that the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue's pictures are sexier than those in the Body Issue according to a recent public opinion survey run on Vizu's Power Polls network.