The Sarah Philips/ESPN drama

While checking my twitter this afternoon, some random Deadspin article kept getting retweeted by some respected sports journalists that I follow. So I decided to check out the story, and wow it did not disappoint. It's a long read, but it's definitely a worthwhile read about the issues of deceit with an internet personality and with online jornalism in general (especially in regards with ESPN).

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TL;DR version:
-"Sarah" was a writer on Covers, posted some pics but no idea who she really looked like
- She and 'business partner' Nilesh Prasad attempted to con money from a gambler named 'Matt'
- She tricked 'Ben' (NBA Memes facebook page owner) into giving up control of that page
- Got hired by ESPN to write a weekly column for Page 2, later found out that ESPN hired her without actually meeting her in person
- Deadspin caught her telling her lie (but who is she really?)

The Deadspin investigation:
http://deadspin.com/5906658/is-an-espn-columnist-scamming-people-on-the-internet

Update with her twitter response:
http://deadspin.com/5906849/sarah-phillips-admits-she-concealed-her-identity-made-poor-choices-with-who-to-trust

After the whole thing blew up, @NotBillWalton on twitter showed evidence that she has bought the @OhWonka (CondescendingWonka) twitter page.
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Gonff United States. May 02 2012 14:43. Posts 633

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This is absolutely nuts. It's awesome how it's sort've just unfolding every few hours or so.
(1) I feel teerrrible for Ben. He had a great thing going and that woman (man?) ruined it for him.
(2) Who do you suppose Nilesh Prasad really is? Is he even real?

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