ESPN Waffles Over Reporter’s Outside Endorsements

By Andrew Gauthier 

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Jenn Brown is a sideline reporter for ESPN college football telecasts on Thursday nights. For a few days last week, she had planned to be the spokeswoman for MillerCoors’ Icehouse brand.

Like drinking and driving, though, acting as a pitchman and journalism don’t mix.

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MillerCoors had hired Brown to serve as the “face and voice” of the Icehouse brand by appearing in a promotional and advertising program through December 2011. More…

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