Looking on ESPN's online page I would say that it depends on the season to who you see as a head line on the website. Sports I would say is the first to really break race in the U.S. so its not like they only have pictures of white people. In fact I would argue that there maybe more people of color on head lines then whites. So because its basketball season you see more black people as the headline pictures, because they are mostly the most talked about. Say theres a big college game like the Duke vs. North Carolina game they have some white players that are really good and is known for making big time shots for their teams. When Alex Rodriguez came out and said he will be retiring after this up coming season his face was all over ESPN because it was a big deal. And When these's golf going on then then you may have Tiger Woods or one of the other big name golfers face up during that time. One year they had a sixteen year old Asian that was in the tournament and they had his face all head lines because he was the youngest player to every play in the tournament.
ESPN mostly likes to put up pictures of athletes in action showing what they do in their own sport. Also if not in action then they tend to have athletes looking mad or as we like to say in game mode showing a masculine look. But it seems now that things are changing and more and more you see ESPN post pictures of athletes smiling and wearing suits or casual wear clothes. So with the time changing ESPN finds ways to keep up with their audience of today.
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