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I’ve often dreamed about having more womens’ sports highlighted on television and now that it looks like something appearing to be that animal has appeared in my sights, I seem to have very mixed emotions. V.P. Gentile is overseeing a retreat this week at a Southern California resort — which includes athletes such as Shannon Miller (gymnast), Jennie Finch (softball), Laila Ali (boxer), Julie Foudy (soccer) and Marion Jones (track and field), as well as lots of sports marketers — to toss around ideas for espnW.

Just in time to satiate tennis fans after the finish of the U.S Open, a new ESPN documentary about the legendary rivalry between Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert is set to premiere Tuesday night on ESPN. Unmatched, from filmmakers Lisa Lax and Nancy Stern Winters and producer Hannah Storm, focuses on the relationship of seeming opposites who captivated the world during the golden age of women’s tennis in the 1970s and '80s, when bad girl lesbian Navratilova and all-American Evert played each other 80 times.

Tennis star Serena Williams, MMA fighter Gina Carano and Triathlete Sarah Reinertsen grace three of six covers and are featured in all their glory inside. One of my favorite photos is the shot of Reinertsen on page 52. Yeah, I am the lesbian that memorized the pages.

Coming to you on October 19^th is ESPN’s Body Issue in which athletes will be posing “au naturel, albeit artfully covered or positioned.” Since that announcement the facts have dwindled and the rumors have begun. Could Danica Patrick be nude?

There is moment in just about every workday when we come across something sexy, gratuitous and completely pointless that we wish we could post but don't under the auspices of there being no redeeming value or anything to do with lesbians. As a former Connecticut resident familiar with UConn Women’s Basketball, I can say that this is not the Diana Taurasi I remember – glamorous, nude and on the cover of the ESPN Body Issue!

There is a moment in just about every workday when we come across something sexy, gratuitous and completely pointless that we wish we could post but don't under the auspices of there being nothing lesbian about it and often there being no redeeming value. LA Sparks forward Candace Parker, US Women’s Soccer star Abby Wambach, and several stand outs from the US Women’s Volleyball team are just a handful of the 27 athletes who bared all in the upcoming 2012 ESPN: The Body issue, which will hit newsstands nationwide on Friday.

ESPN has released its “Nine for IX” short film series, which includes a moving portrait of WNBA star Brittney Griner.

Megan Rapinoe bares all for the ESPN Magazine Body issue, discusses coming out and balancing her feminine and masculine sides.

ESPN released the list of athletes appearing in this year's Body Issue and out soccer player Megan Rapinoe is just one of the beautiful women baring it all for ESPN.

It’s the start of the U.S. Open in Queens, New York, but if you want to know boring stats about tennis players go to ESPN or the official site or something. The Open promises fashion from Maria Sharipova, a Venus and Serena Williamsmatch-up andKim Clijsters and Dinara Safina.

Actor Holly Robinson Peete, best known for her starring roles in 21 Jump Street alongside Johnny Depp, and Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, has caught the ire of some activists for a tongue-in-cheek reference to her alma mater's all-female lacrosse team on ESPN earlier this week.

There is a moment in just about every workday when we come across something sexy, gratuitous and completely pointless that we wish we could post but don't under the auspices of there being nothing lesbian about it and often there being no redeeming value.

Four decades later, the out tennis legend is still defending her reputation from sexism.

ESPN The Magazine’s 2011 Body Issue hit stands today, featuring 22 athletes with amazing bodies who have stripped down to pose nude, or basically nude. This year’s featured athletes are women we love from a variety of sports including gymnasts, soccer stars, golfers, bowlers, runners, Olympic athletes and much more. Check out the amazing photos and videos below to see to who made ESPN’s selection of women in sports: