She's become the most maligned woman on the Internet. Why?
Who Is Sarah Phillips?
Source: @sarahphilli
Sarah Phillips is an Oregon-based young woman in her early twenties who, until yesterday, wrote a column for ESPN's The Playbook (formerly Page 2). She got her start as a commenter on the message boards of Covers.com, a sports gambling website. After developing a bit of a following on the boards, Covers reached out to her to write a column for them (in which Sarah initially used fake photos to hide her real identity). ESPN saw her work there and offered her a column with The Worldwide Leader. This entire transformation (commenter on a gambling website to columnist on ESPN.com) happened in the last 13 months.
According to reports from Deadspin, and later from Awful Announcing and The Nilsen Report, she (along with two male accomplices) allegedly stole and extorted both money and popular social media accounts from would-be business partners. It seems she did this in hopes of helping her launch a new website (Sports Comedy Network) to the widest possible audience without having to pay for the privilege.
The Major Players:
Sarah Phillips
Source: thesportsbrewery.com
