Sarah Phillips Scandal: Ex-ESPN Columnist's Story Could Have Wide Ramifications

By Chris GeinoskyPOSTED: 9:33 am CDT May 3, 2012 Thanks to the work of Sarah Phillips, Edge Gymnastics Liberty has its first national qualifier. Phillips became the first athlete to advance to nationals in the gym's brief six-year history since opening

By Andrew Buchholtz, Awful Announcing When Deadspin broke a story about ESPN contributor Sarah Phillips allegedly being involved in Internet scams and perhaps even using a false identity, it sent shockwaves through much of the sports media world,

Interesting story about how ESPN may have hired a writer for their website without ever meeting the person. I read the background on Deadspin.com on how a girl, maybe a guy, made a name for “itself” on Twitter, and then on

WASHINGTON – George Washington men's tennis senior Ugur Atalay and women's lacrosse senior Sarah Phillips took home top athletics awards at the annual Senior Honors Luncheon on Tuesday afternoon in the Marvin Center Grand Ballroom.

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