http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/2383...body-issue

New York Giants rookie running back Saquon Barkley, Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon, Seattle Storm teammates Breanna Stewart and Sue Bird, and U.S. women's national team and Seattle Reign forward Megan Rapinoe are all part of ESPN The Magazine's Body10 issue. The issue will be on newsstands June 29.

They are among 16 athletes who will be part of the 10th anniversary of The Body Issue, which ESPN The Magazine created a decade ago to celebrate the athletic form. The Body Issue images will be available digitally on Monday.

Also in the issue are a pair of Hall of Famers: football's Jerry Rice and golf's Greg Norman. A pair of Olympians -- track medalist Tori Bowie and cross-country skiing gold medalist Jessie Diggins -- also are included.

Others featured include Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns, Houston Astros pitcher and Cy Young Award winner Dallas Keuchel, Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig, softball player Lauren Chamberlain, U.S. women's national team soccer player Crystal Dunn, WWE performer Charlotte Flair and LA Galaxy forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

As part of its 10th-anniversary celebration, ESPN The Magazine also has released a digital photo archive of every athlete who has been in the previous nine issues, including never-before-seen images.

https://www.vogue.com/article/tori-bowie...al_twitter

http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_...issue-2018

the online link is now active

Although lots of "fans" constantly belittle our athletic program on here (although many are clandestine...and not so clandestine... OP and SEC wannabe's), we have had some great athletes come through USM in all sports.

Despite being strapped for moolah, having incompetent leadership, surrounded by teat slurping SEC programs that suckle all the milk available, and fans who expect us to rise out of our doldrums without doing a dam thing to make it so, we have persevered.

I work at a resort in the Panhandle (ready for the black bear response), and folks come in from all over the country. Whether from Missouri (like our good friend stank used to be), Ohio, New York, or Iowa, when I mention So Miss I ALWAYS get a great reaction.

They don't know Old Dominion, WKU, Florida Int'l Airport or even mighty FAU exist. While that is more depressing than encouraging, at least it is something.

Now...call in the usual suspect moaners and groaners