50 All Time ESPN Hotties Power Rankings

Rebecca Grant

There have been endless lists dedicated to the women of ESPN because there are few things on this earth more cherished than the female employees of The Worldwide Leader in Sports.  My goal is to provide you with the list to end all lists.

This particular list breaks down into the following categories:

• Top 5 ESPN Deportes

• Top 5 Men

• Top 10 Personalities Who Ditched ESPN

• Top 5 Veterans

• Top 10 Future Stars

• Top 5 Unsung Heroes

• Top 5 Top Tier Talent

• Top 5 Hotties ESPN should Poach from Other Networks

To help establish their rank I’ve employed a complicated and indisputable mathematical formula.   Kidding, it’s not complicated but it is indisputable.  Everyone is given a score out of 10 in the following categories: looks, personality and sports IQ—the looks score is weighted (doubled) for the ladies. 

The Overall Heat Index is the total score divided by four. 

Top 5 ESPN Deportes

ESPN Deportes is littered with gorgeous Spanish-speaking talent and the only downside is that I don't speak Spanish. 

Thanks to my educational short-comings, the top-notch hotties of ESPN Deportes are ranked on looks only. 

You're devastated about this, I know. 

5. Adriana Monsalve

Adriana Monsalve has been a sports anchor at ESPN Deportes since 2007.  She got her start in entertainment as lead singer in the girl band “Chikas” before becoming a member of the pop bands “Tartara” in Venezuela, and “Latin Fiesta” in England.  

Point For: At least part of her website is in English, which made my life easier. 

Point Against: Compared to some of her Latina counterparts she rocks a decidedly 'momish' style.

Looks: 7, Personality: n/a, Sports IQ: n/a

Overall Heat Index: 7

4. Carolina Cruz De Martinez

Carolina Cruz earned her undergraduate degree from Boston College and her graduate degree from the University of Miami before landing a job as a sideline reporter at ESPN Deportes.  Today she is better known as the wife of retired MLB pitcher Pedro Martinez.

Point For: She's as smart and capable as she is smoking hot. 

Point Against: She married Pedro Martinez and gave up her broadcasting career. 

Looks: 9.75, Personality: n/a, Sports IQ: n/a

Overall Heat Index: 8

3. Monica Gonzalez

Texas born Monica Gonzalez is captain of the Mexican women's national soccer team and a soccer correspondent for ESPN and ESPN Deportes.  

Point For: She's model hot, which explains her modeling career.

Point Against: The soccer thing.

Looks: 8.5, Personality: n/a, Sports IQ: n/a

Overall Heat Index: 8.5

2. Carolina Guillen

Carolina Guillén is the co-host of Béisbol Esta Noche, ESPN Deportes’ weekly baseball news and highlights program and for Juego Cruzado, the network’s news and commentary program modeled after Around the Horn.

Point For: She's a totally legit journalist who is considered one of ESPN Deportes' most versatile commentators. 

Point Against: She calls herself the "Latina Erin Andrews"

Looks: 9, Personality: n/a, Sports IQ: n/a

Overall Heat Index: 9

1. Vanessa Palacio

Vanessa Palacio is the Michelle Beadle of ESPN Deportes, serving as host of SportsNation. 

Point For: She's got the looks to fill Beadle's sizable shoes.

Point Against: There is next to nothing written in English about her.

Looks: 10, Personality: n/a, Sports IQ: n/a

Overall Heat Index: 10

Top 5 ESPN Men

Don't freak out, I'm well aware that you don't want to waste your time evaluating the male talent of ESPN but give a girl a break! 

There are only five of them and it (probably) won't kill you. 

5. Todd McShay

Todd McShay is one of ESPN's resident draft experts.  How you can be considered a draft expert with a correct pick percentage of around 20 percent, well that's a question for another day. 

Point For: McShay seems to be truly hated by ESPN's resident crotchety screamer, Mel Kiper Jr., which leads me to believe that he's probably a decent enough human being. 

Point Against: He's kind of bad at his job and his critics insist he isn't qualified for his position, having never served as a scout and never earned a starting position in college. 

Looks: 7, Personality: 3, Sports IQ: 5

Overall Heat Index: 5

4. Jesse Palmer

Canadian born Jesse Palmer shared playing time with Rex Grossman while attending the University of Florida.  He was selected by the Giants in the fourth round of the 2001 draft but never managed to win a starting job during his unremarkable four year career in the NFL. 

Point For: Palmer recognized he couldn't cut it in the NFL and managed to walk away from the game with more dignity than a certain future Hall of Famer. 

Point Against: His ridiculous turn as the bumbling bachelor on ABC's ridiculous reality dating show The Bachelor.

Looks: 10, Personality: 1, Sports IQ: 7

Overall Heat Index: 6

3. Mark Schlereth

Mark Schlereth played 12 seasons in the NFL before retiring in 2000.  Following his retirement he slimmed down substantially and quickly landed a job at ESPN. 

Point For: Schlereth has built a very successful career in a field where most retired players fail.  Looking at you Emmit Smith.  Oh, and he has an adorable little dog.  

Point Against: The goatee.  We're over it dude.  

Looks: 6, Personality: 7, Sports IQ: 9

Overall Heat Index: 7.3

2. Toni Reali

Quick-witted and snarky Tony Reali pulls double duty as host of ESPN's Around the Horn and as the ever present "stat boy" on Pardon the Interruption.

Point For: Reali possesses some kind of voodoo magic that somehow makes listening to (and looking at) Bill Plaschke and Woody Paige tolerable for 19 minutes a day. 

Point Against: He's kind of a douche. 

Looks: 8, Personality: 10, Sports IQ: 7

Overall Heat Index: 8.3

1. Darren Woodsen

Darren Woodson was a hard-hitting safety who played his entire 12 year career in Dallas before retiring in 2004.  He has worked as an NFL analyst for ESPN in recent years. 

Point For: Woodson is a sharp dressed, handsome man who has proved a solid addition to the network. 

Point Against: His Twitter account is one of the most boring things in the history of the internet. 

Looks: 9, Personality: 8, Sports IQ: 10

Overall Heat Index: 9

Top 10 Personalties Who Ditched ESPN for Greener Pastures

If ESPN the gold standard of sports broadcasting they should have an easier time holding on to their talent.

These are the ones that got away. 

10. Michele Tafoya

Michele Tafoya spent 10 years at ESPN before ditching the network for NBC, where she is currently a sideline reporter for NBC's Sunday Night Football. 

Point For: On 25 October 2003, Tafoya purposely poured beer over two fans beneath her luxury box at the Metrodome during a University of Minnesota versus University of Michigan game.  She's a brawler, gotta love it. 

Point Against: She works mostly in radio.

Looks: 6, Personality: 7, Sports IQ: 7

Overall Heat Index: 6.5

9. Bonnie Bernstein

According to her website Bonnie Bernstein is one of the most well-respected names in sports broadcasting.  She began her career with ESPN in 1995 before jumping ship for CBS in 1998, where she stayed until 2007 before rejoining ESPN. 

Point For: Girl was an athlete and a scholar at the University of Maryland: she was a four-time academic All-America in gymnastics and graduated Magna Cum Laude.

Point Against: She's kinda boring and her blog sucks.

Looks: 7, Personality: 6, Sports IQ: 7

Overall Heat Index: 6.75

8. Kit Hoover

If you’re old like me, you may recognize Kit Hoover best as a cast member of the first season of MTV’s Road Rules.  She got her start in broadcasting on ESPN’s morning talk show Cold Pizza and she can currently be seen alongside Billy Bush on Access Hollywood. 

Point For: If you saw Kit on Road Rules, you know she’s an open-minded party girl who knows how to have a good time. 

Point Against: She gave up a career in sports broadcasting for tabloid journalism. 

Looks: 7, Personality: 10, Sports IQ: 3

Overall Heat Index: 6.75

7. Melissa Stark

Melissa Stark had a seven year stint at ESPN before joining NBC in 2003, working primarily for its MSNBC subsidiary. 

Point For: Stark is a sorority girl with a brain, having earned a degree in Foreign Affairs and Spanish from the University of Virginia.

Point Against: She used to be a reporter for a show hosted by Carson Daly.  Barf.

Looks: 8, Personality: 6, Sports IQ: 6

Overall Heat Index: 7

6. Alex Flanagan

Alex Flanagan is a graduate (one in a long line of crazy hot graduates) of the University of Arizona.  She had a six year run at ESPN before leaving the network to work as a sideline reporter for NBC and a correspondent for the NFL Network. 

Point For: She can be heard and seen in Madden 10 and Madden 11; hosting an in-game weekly recap show with Fran Charles.  Also, her family owns the Arizona steak restaurant franchise The Steak Out.  Yay steak!

Point Against: She has a friendly relationship with Joe Buck.  

Looks: 8, Personality: 6, Sports IQ: 7

Overall Heat Index: 7.25

5. Brienne Pedigo

Brienne Pedigo is the daughter of a former joint owner of Panther Racing, an IndyCar Series team.  She became a pit reporter for ESPN’s NASCAR coverage in 2007 before marrying a soap opera actor and disappearing from broadcasting in 2009.

Point For: She has some really adorable photo galleries on her personal website. 

Point Against: She named her first-born child Greysun.   

Looks: 9, Personality: 6, Sports IQ: 7

Overall Heat Index: 7.75

4. Michelle Beisner

Michelle Beisner worked as a pit reporter, ESPN’s blackhole of suck department for women, before landing a job as a host and field reporter for the NFL Network’s NFL Total Access. 

Point For: She’s a former Denver Broncos cheerleader who spent six years with the team, four as captain. 

Point Against: Her Twitter account is as predictably boring as everyone else in the media.     

Looks: 10, Personality: 5, Sports IQ: 6

Overall Heat Index: 7.75

3. Mieke Buchan

Aussie Mieke Buchan had a brief stint with ESPN before ultimately returning to her native Australia to host a travel series called Making Tracks. 

Point For: She’s one of the hottest women on the planet   

Point Against: But what she really wants to do is act.  Eye roll. 

Looks: 10, Personality: 8, Sports IQ: 4

Overall Heat Index: 8

2. Molly Qerim

Molly Qerim was an interactive host for College Football Live and a breaking news reporter for Fantasy Football Now on ESPN before accepting a job with CBS Sports in 2010. 

Point For: She’s got a Facebook page where she actually answers real human beings.

Point Against: Her website claims that VERSUS is the fastest growing cable network in the country despite the fact that about a dozen other cable networks makes the exact same claim.  (Example 1, 2, 3, 4) 

Just because I say that my butt is the fastest growing cable network in the country doesn't mean it's true.  Anyone besides me sick of the lies?

Looks: 10, Personality: 8, Sports IQ: 8

Overall Heat Index: 9

1. Jill Arrington

University of Miami alum Jill Arrington only spent about a year at ESPN but she made quite an impression.  Today she can be seen hosting a variety of sports shows on FOX Sports. 

Point For: She’s the aunt of Dakota and Elle Fanning.  I don’t know why she gets a point for this, but she does.

Point Against: She once called Brett Favre the best person to interview in the NFL.  Sure it was before his epic downfall, but still.

Looks: 10, Personality: 9, Sports IQ: 10

Overall Heat Index: 9.75

Top 5 Veterans

Talented veteran reporters like Linda Cohn are some of the most popular personalities on ESPN. 

These ladies prove that, despite popular opinion, there is life after 40 for women in television. 

5. Lisa Salters

ESPN’s Lisa Salter is a versatile journalist who has covered everything from the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino to the O.J. Simpson murder case.  Currently she can be seen as a sideline reporter for Saturday Night Football and the NBA on ABC. 

Point For: Salters is the cousin of University of Pittsburgh (and Dallas Cowboys…) great Tony Dorsett.

Point Against: She’s almost too legit of a journalist, she seems a little overqualified for ESPN at this point. 

Looks: 5, Personality: 8, Sports IQ: 9

Overall Heat Index: 6.75

4. Dana Jacobson

University of Michigan graduate Dana Jacobson has been with ESPN for nearly a decade.  She is forced to spend hours a day in close proximity to surly flame-thrower Skip Bayless and still manages to maintain a positive disposition.

Point For: Jacobson hates Notre Dame and she knows how to party like nobody’s watching- even when everyone is watching.

Point Against: Being around her means that you are more likely to come into personal contact with Skip Bayless. 

Looks: 6, Personality: 10, Sports IQ: 8

Overall Heat Index: 7.5

3. Linda Cohn

Linda Cohn has been with ESPN since 1992 and is one of the network’s most well-known personalities.  She’s also an accomplished author and an occasional backup singer for REO Speedwagon. 

Point For: Cohn was the goalie for her university’s women’s ice hockey and despite her age she remains steadfastly committed to "do me" boots.  Respect.

Point Against: She named her two adopted cats Billy and Smokey- I expected a little more creativity from Cohn.  I also expected her to have a dog instead of two cats. 

Looks: 7, Personality: 8, Sports IQ: 10

Overall Heat Index: 8

2. Suzy Kolber

Suzy Kolber is another product of hot broadcaster factory University of Miami and was one of the original anchors of ESPN2 when it launched in 1993.  She left the network in 1996 to join FOX Sports before returning to ESPN in 1999.  You probably know her best as the impromptu object of Broadway Joe Namath’s drunken affection. 

Point For: Like most awesome people, her favorite sport to watch is NFL Football and she handled The Namath Incident like a pro. 

Point Against: Her many years of horrifyingly bad haircuts are hard to forget, but it seems she’s learned from the mistakes of the past. 

Looks: 8, Personality: 10, Sports IQ: 9

Overall Heat Index: 8.75

1. Hannah Storm

It’s kind of surprising that University of Notre Dame graduate Hannah Storm has only been with ESPN since 2008; given the amount of attention she’s received.  Where Tony Kornheiser, a self-described ‘troll’, gets off calling someone out for how they present themselves is beyond me.   

Point For: Storm handled the Kornheiser incident with more dignity than most people could muster.    

Point Against: She’s a regular contributing writer for Cosmopolitan magazine- how does that crapshow still exist? 

Looks: 10, Personality: 9, Sports IQ: 8

Overall Heat Index: 9.25

Top 10 Future Stars of ESPN

There a distinct possibility that all ten ladies on this list have already been described by someone as "the next Erin Andrews."  That title is thrown around far too often considering that the 33-year-old Andrews probably doesn't have any plans to cede her identity to any of these ladder climbing hussies! 

Certainly not without a viciously hot catfight. 

10. Elizabeth Moreau

The gullible Elizabeth Moreau is a former Big Ten Network correspondent who now works for ESPNU and ESPN2.  Currently she can be seen as a college football sideline reporter, volleyball analyst and track and field reporter.    

Point For: She has an adorably happy family that she brags about on Twitter. 

Point Against: She fell for a ridiculous hoax that made her a (temporary) national laughing stock after she used the porcelain lid of a toilet tank to smash a hotel window. 

Looks: 7, Personality: 5, Sports IQ: 8

Overall Heat Index: 6.75

9. Charissa Thompson

Charissa Thompson is one of ESPN’s most recent additions, hired in June 2011.  Her most notable career highlights: co-host of FSN’s The Best Damn Sports Show Period, sideline reporter on Shaq Vs., co-host of GSN’s Big Saturday Night, and contributor on the NFL Network’s NFL Now Updates. 

Point For: In 2009, Thompson was nominated as one of Playboy's Sexiest Sportscasters of the year but lost out to Erin Andrews.  Ain’t no shame in that. 

Point Against: She lists rhythmic gymnastics as one of her hobbies.

Looks: 9, Personality: 3, Sports IQ: 8

Overall Heat Index: 7.25

8. Prim Siripipat

Duke University graduate Prim Siripipat left WFOR Miami for ESPN in March 2010.  She covers a wide variety of sports on the network including everything from fantasy baseball to the NHL.

Point For: Siripipat was a tennis phenom who earned a full scholarship to Duke. Unfortunately successive injuries ended her dreams of playing professionally. 

Point Against: She describes herself as: a Valedictorian Optimist, Motivator, Dreamer, Believer.  I appreciate the enthusiasm, but it’s a little too much.

Looks: 7, Personality: 7, Sports IQ: 9

Overall Heat Index: 7.5

7. Lindsay Mccormick

Lindsay McCormick is a TV personality on Comcast SportsNet and a frequent ESPN contributor.  She has covered Auburn University and NFL games for ESPN The Magazine and appeared on ESPN College Pick’em.

Point For:  She is pretty sure that the BCS is BS.  

Point Against: She may have been defiled by the Sanchize.

Looks: 9, Personality: 6, Sports IQ: 6

Overall Heat Index: 7.5

6. Shannon Cross

Shannon Cross is a writer, editor, and correspondent for ESPN.com.  In her current position she creates and manages special feature pages for projects like Content of Character (MLK Day page), Black History Month, The ESPY's, Life of Reilly, Mayne Street, and 30 for 30 films. 

Point For:  Her Twitter bio leads me to believe that she’s pretty cool: "Tennis player. Lakers fan. Part-time Puerto Rican. Delta. Fancy. Green tea sipper. Seattle's own. They call me Crossy."

Point Against: She likes Justin Bieber.

Looks: 7, Personality: 8, Sports IQ: 9

Overall Heat Index: 7.75

5. Renee Herlocker

According to her website former Denver Broncos cheerleader Renee Herlocker is a “knowledgeable but sassy “girl next door type” who really knows her stuff.”  It’s unclear whether or not Herlocker is a permanent member of the ESPN team but she covered the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest as an ESPN reporter. 

Point For:  She was in Iron Man 2 as a member of the Ironette dancers and she’s actively engaged on her Facebook fan page.

Point Against: She might be confused about the functionality of a pool table.   

Looks: 10, Personality: 6, Sports IQ: 5

Overall Heat Index: 7.75

4. Tina Dixon

Tina Dixon joined ESPN in 2001 as part of their Winter X Games broadcast team and in 2007 her role was expanded when she was assigned to the X Games broadcast team to cover skateboarding and BMX.  Today she can also be seen covering Top 25 college football matchups for the network. 

Point For: She was a competitive snowboarder for years and has two gold medals from the X Games. 

Point Against: She’s wearing a snowsuit in most of her photos.

Looks: 9, Personality: 7, Sports IQ: 8

Overall Heat Index: 8.25

3. Nicole Manske Brisco

Nicole Briscoe Manske is a former beauty queen who currently hosts the daily news show NASCAR Now on ESPN2. 

Point For: She and Danica Patrick were both cheerleaders at Hononegah High School in 1998.          

Point Against: An article on MSN described her as one of the hostesses with the mostest.  That’s just bad journalism.   

Looks: 9, Personality: 8, Sports IQ: 8

Overall Heat Index: 8.5

2. Sara Walsh

In May 2010 Sara Walsh left WUSA-TV in Washington, D.C. to join ESPN.  Walsh is currently the fill-in for Michelle Beadle on SportsNation. 

Point For: She’s enterprising and managed to land a job at ESPN after randomly sending them an unsolicited tape.       

Point Against: During interviews, she speaks almost entirely in sports clichés like: “it takes a lot of work,” “don’t give up attitude,” and “I’m very goal-oriented...”

Looks: 9, Personality: 8, Sports IQ: 9

Overall Heat Index: 8.75

1. Lindsay Czarniak

NBC4 Washington reporter Lindsay Czarniak was hired by ESPN in June 2011.  I’ve been saying this in the privacy of Washington, D.C. the last few years but I’m going to go out on a limb and flat out guarantee publicly that Lindsay is the “next Erin Andrews.” 

Point For: Czarniak isn’t just another pretty face, she is hands-down the most competent sports journalist in the DC area. Check out some of her highlights here.

Point Against: She had a cameo appearance in Ghosts Don’t Exist, an indie film produced by Redskins tight end Chris Cooley. 

Looks: 10, Personality: 10, Sports IQ: 10

Overall Heat Index: 10

Top 5 Unsung Heros of ESPN

ESPN has a seemingly endless supply of hot women, yet Erin Andrews and Michelle Beadle tend to get 85 percent of the attention. 

That means there are a lot of ladies being unjustly overlooked.

5. Cassidy Hubbarth

Cassidy Hubbarth landed a job at ESPN in 2010 and is set to become the face of ESPN 3. 

Point For: Despite her newfound success she maintains her own Facebook page and regularly communicates with her 492 fans.    

Point Against: She hangs out at polo matches in the Hamptons.

Looks: 8, Personality: 6, Sports IQ: 5

Overall Heat Index: 6.75

4. Rachel Nicols

Northwestern alum Rachel Nichols has been at ESPN since 2004.  She’s a regular correspondent to Sunday NFL Countdown and Monday Night Countdown as well as a contributor to the network’s NBA coverage. 

Point For: In 2005 Nichols was named one of Esquire’s Women We Love thanks to her ability to deliver timely information without blinking her eyes. 

Point Against: She still has a page in the MySpace cyber ghetto, c’mon man!

Looks: 6, Personality: 7, Sports IQ: 8

Overall Heat Index: 6.75

3. Colleen Dominguez

UCLA graduate Colleen Dominguez joined ESPN in 2004 as a Los Angeles based reporter.  She is a contributor to a number of programs on the network and regularly covers major breaking news in LA: most notably conducting the sole interview with Shaq the day he ditched the Lakers. 

Point For: Dominguez is not afraid to conduct a controversial interview; a nice change from the monotony of sports journalism.    

Point Against: She uses her Twitter account to post sports headlines, and nothing else.   

Looks: 8, Personality: 7, Sports IQ: 8

Overall Heat Index: 7.75

2. Sage Steele

Indiana University graduate Sage Steele joined the network in 2007 and is a SportsCenter Update anchor weekday mornings and fills in occasionally as a SportsCenter anchor. 

Point For: Her father, Gary Steele, was the first African-American to play varsity football at West Point.  Sure that’s her father, but it’s an accomplishment so impressive that it carries over at least one generation.  

Point Against: She’s been known to conduct painfully awkward interviews.

Looks: 8, Personality: 8, Sports IQ: 9

Overall Heat Index: 8.25

1. Wendi Nix

Wendi Nix is an anchor and reporter for ESPN who primarily handles NFL and College Football coverage for teams in the New England region. 

Point For: She rocks the sexy librarian look from time-to-time.    

Point Against: She complains about having to travel for her job.  Must be hard Wendi : ( 

Looks: 9, Personality: 8, Sports IQ: 10

Overall Heat Index: 9

Top 5 Top Tier Talent

These are the ladies that pay the bills for ESPN. 

They get the love.

They get the press.

They get the accolades. 

Unfortunately they also get the stalkers and death threats. 

5. Jamie Little

Las Vegas native Jamie Little is the pit reporter for NASCAR Nationwide Series and Sprint Cup Series coverage on ESPN and ABC. 

Point For: Little was a tomboy growing up who got her first racing experience riding dirt bikes at age 13. 

Point Against: Her primary area of expertise is NASCAR which means: she likes NASCAR and we don’t get to see her enough. 

Looks: 9, Personality: 5, Sports IQ: 4

Overall Heat Index: 6.75

4. Reischea Canidate

USC graduate Reischea Canidate delivers SportsCenter Updates weekdays during Mike & Mike in the Morning and occasionally fills in a host on ESPN First Take. 

Point For: Candidate is a badass who participated in an on-air sky diving event in 2006.

Point Against: Her entire life is extremely mom-centric at the moment, which means absolutely no fun.    

Looks: 8, Personality: 5, Sports IQ: 7

Overall Heat Index: 7

3. Jenn Brown

Jenn Brown is a model-turned-broadcaster who currently is a reporter for ESPN’s College Game Day (football and basketball).  She’s covered major events like the Super Bowl and the World Series of Poker. 

Point For: She’s willing to be a nerd and admit she wants a Segway.    

Point Against: She was Kenny Chesney’s scandalriffic side piece in 2010!  This wouldn’t be such a big deal (to me) if Chesney didn’t so closely resemble Matt Hasselbeck. 

Looks: 10, Personality: 6, Sports IQ: 6

Overall Heat Index: 8

2. Erin Andrews

University of Florida graduate Erin Andrews might be the only woman in broadcasting who isn’t “the next Erin Andrews” given the fact that she’s actually Erin Andrews. 

Point For: Andrews is an institution in sports- no small achievement for a woman in this male dominated field. 

Point Against: The last couple of years in the spotlight have been tough for Andrews and she just doesn’t seem like herself anymore.  She admits she needs to find her smile again, hopefully she will. 

Looks: 10, Personality: 9, Sports IQ: 10

Overall Heat Index: 9.75

1. Michelle Beadle

University of Texas graduate Michelle Beadle is the substantially better half of the SportsNation hosting duo.  Beadle and Ms. Erin Andrews are well known adversaries and the bad blood between them only stands to get worse after Andrews sees this list. 

Point For: Her first internet stop every morning is Deadspin.com- a girl after my own heart.

Point Against: Right now she is a packaged duo and that duo includes hateful leprechaun Colin Cowherd.

Looks: 10, Personality: 10, Sports IQ: 10

Overall Heat Index: 10

Top 5 Hotties ESPN Should Poach from Other Networks

ESPN does a great job finding models and cheerleaders to talk about sports on television, but they could be doing better. 

These ladies are all a perfect 10 and any or all of them would make a stellar addition to the team.  

5. Carrie Milbank

Carrie Milbank is a former Houston Texans Cheerleader who has been working on every network except ESPN since 2003.  In 2008 she was named the fresh young face of NHL.com and has been talking predominately hockey ever since. 

Point For: About Carrie (according to her shockingly un-boring Twitter account): she's not wearing any underwear and her socks don't match.

Point Against: She thinks all sports deserve cheerleaders!  That would totally water down the hot cheerleader gene pool. 

Looks: 10, Personality: n/a, Sports IQ: n/a

Overall Heat Index: 10

4. Rebecca Grant

Rebecca Grant actually worked briefly as a correspondent at ESPN before landing a job co-hosting NFL- Under the Helmet and hosting Verizon Football Zone on FOX. 

Point For: Grant has pretty fantastic website with more pictures of her than you could conceivably view in a single sitting.

Point Against: She actually thinks of herself more as an actress, which means she is probably a little annoying.

Looks: 10, Personality: n/a, Sports IQ: n/a

Overall Heat Index: 10

3. Lisa Dergan Podsednik

Former Playboy Playmate of the month Lisa Dergan Podsednik is a currently a correspondent with FOX Sports.  She’s married to Scott Podsednik who plays in the Philadelphia Phillies minor league system. 

Point For: She’s full of surprises like: she speaks Japanese fluently, she has a degree in Art History, she’s an avid golfer, and she was the St. Pauli Girl in 2003. 

Point Against: She once dated Michael Bay, the human plague that brought you Pearl Harbor.      

Looks: 10, Personality: n/a, Sports IQ: n/a

Overall Heat Index: 10

2. Lauren Gardner

Lauren Gardner is a former Denver Broncos cheerleader whose assets are well known in the Denver area.  She’s an on-air personality as well as the in-game host for the Colorado Rockies.   

Point For: Gardner describes herself as a “huge dork that laughs at my own jokes and forgets to shower sometimes” and her favorite movie is Pulp Fiction!

Point Against: She works part-time in real estate which means she’s at least considering a career that doesn’t involve her being on your television.     

Looks: 10, Personality: n/a, Sports IQ: n/a

Overall Heat Index: 10

1. Amanda Pflugrad

Amanda Pflugrad is the University of Oregon’s most famous cheerleader and is currently FOX Sports Arizona hottest correspondent.  In college she created a stir big enough to get all her cheerleading advisors fired.

Point For: Pflugrad knows how to unwind after a long day of cheerleading.

Point Against: If she had one movie on loop forever, it would be: The Notebook.  And she’d cry every damn time.  She’s amazingly hot but that is only one of the awful truths revealed in that interview.   

Looks: 10, Personality: n/a, Sports IQ: n/a

Overall Heat Index: 10

Bonus Photo

Jenn Brown

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