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Sports world superheroes

By Toby Mergler
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Earlier this week, ESPN's parent company Disney purchased Marvel Comics. Like any good corporation, Disney likes to engage in cross-promotion from time to time (why else would I be telling you to watch "Cougar Town" starring Courteney Cox on ABC this fall? And preorder "Up" on Blu-ray! And buy a nice tin of assorted shortbreads at a Disney Store near you!). So with the new acquisition of the Marvel empire, it's possible we'll be seeing figures from the world of sports popping up in comic books ...

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