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NBC Resorts to Child Porn for Olympics Ratings Boost

SASHACOHEN.jpgOr, at least, it would seem that way. Why else would the Olympic website feature some, um, questionable photos of figure skater Sasha Cohen? Hey, I'm no prude, but for the love of Jon Benet Ramsey this just seems a little...creepy. Maybe this is strategic network synergy? You know, NBC gets people to look at these photos a little too long and then next thing you know Stone Phillips is waiting by your mailbox with a Dateline camera crew to call you a deviant. Sneaky bastards.

(Update: Yes, she's 21. My math stinks. She looks 12, though. Spank away until the socks are gone, gentlemen.)

Sasha Cohen [NBC Olympics]

5:08 PM on Tue Feb 21 2006
By Leitch
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  • I know that I can sometimes be too subtle, but her stomach gives me a boner, if you catch my drift.

  • Sasha Cohen is actually 21 years old. So NBC selling her sex appeal is completely warranted in this case.

  • She's over 18 and she's the most flexible woman in the Olympics. If I were an NBC sponsor, I would be expecting, no, DEMANDING pervy photos of Cohen. This is ratings gold.

  • What a hottie, but her abs are just a little too fit, if you ask me. You gotta love the way she can bend.

  • She's born in '84, so you can quit accessing the site via an anonymiser.

  • I agree with SlickBomb. I'm all about the fit ladies (Tanith Belben, call me!). But being able to crack walnuts on those abs...or sharpen knives, not that sexy!

  • Those abs are Jesus-like.

  • Child porn? Yeah, sure, if you're talking about emaciated children. She doesn't look like a child, she just looks hungry. Don't get me wrong, I'm not against her because of how she looks (I prefer a bit to grab on w/ my women), but, the only thing "childish" about her is the fact that she probably can still wear the clothes she wore in 3rd grade. And THAT'S hot. (Cue rimshot, please.)

  • She may be 21, but she looks so young R. Kelly just pissed all over his computer screen.

  • Hey, it's not child porn, it's child erotica. The difference is in the soft lighting. Begs the question though - if you're lusting after an of-age girl who looks not-even-barely legal, are you a dirty old man? Is that worse than, say, lusting after a non-of-age girl who looks legal? Ah crap, FBI's going to be busting down my door in 20 minutes, aren't they?

  • Is it just me or does she apparently have no ribs on her left side? The right ones are fully visible, but the rest of her stomach is just a cave. she could kick my ass, though....those legs are like tree trunks!

  • where's fred smoot with a good joke when u need it? im sure they have viking ships in italy too.

  • The Universal Cynic at 01:30 AM on 02/22/06

    Is this photo before or after the retouching took place? Damn, it's disturbing. Could the photographer have found a more unnatural pose (and clothing) to put her in? Everyone does their ballet warmups in a couture skirt! It's So Cal's latest craze! Why didn't they just have her dress up in a plush giraffe suit and do one of those buggered-up yoga poses that Madonna's so fond of? That might've turned ME on.

  • Make Every Miles Davis... at 02:43 AM on 02/22/06

    The conversation I had w/ roomates while watching Ice Skating: ME: "Last night it was all vag, the girl who showed more to the judges seemed to always win." E: "These are probably the hardest girls to please in the world, too. Now they're 'Olympic Skaters' and will bust that out all the time." D: "I can't wait to watch the women's curling tommorow, all of those girls were cute! I can see me and her hanging out on the ice, drinking a beer, and you know, curling."

  • uh, how did you know about the sock thing? I am so embarrassed...

  • I would.

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