Bryce Harper, Kevin Love, DeAndre Jordan, Odell Beckham, Jr., Brittney Griner and  Aly Raisman are among the athletes who will pose nude in the latest Body issue in ESPN The Magazine. In addition to the aforementioned, you’ll see U.S. Women’s soccer star Ali Krieger, Olympic swimmer Natalie Coughlin and Swiss tennis player Stan Wawrinka.

Of course, you won’t see total nudity as poses will obscure any offending body parts. This will mark the seventh edition of ESPN The Body the Body issue.

In a press release, Harper is quoted as saying, “I’ve always wanted to do the Body Issue.” Whether he actually did say that and this has truly been a personal goal, who are we at Awful Announcing to question it?

Other athletes who will appear in ESPN The Body the Body issue will be Dallas Stars and former Boston Bruins center Tyler Seguin and three members of the Indianapolis Colts offensive line. And there’s more!

Others in the issue include professional wakeboarder Dallas Friday, rugby player Todd Clever, skateboarder Leticia Bufoni, golfer Sadena Parks, archer Khatuna Lorig, soccer player Jermaine Jones, U.S. Olympians Paige Selenski (field hockey), Amanda Bingson (hammer) and Chantae McMillan (heptathlon), along with the husband-wife team of surfer Laird Hamilton and former beach volleyball player Gabby Reece.

ESPN The Body Magazine’s Body issue will be available online on July 6 and then on newsstands (do people still buy magazines at newsstands?).

Now you know who will be in this year’s ESPN The Body Body issue.

[ESPN]

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013.

He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television.

Fang celebrates the four Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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