Associated Press
"I'd say I hear from about 1,000 people a month," says
George Solomon, who was appointed ESPN's first ombudsman last spring.
David Bauder writes: "In six months of sober, plainspoken
columns that are posted on ESPN's Web site, Solomon has also taken on the network's infatuation with rebellious football receiver Terrell Owens, its fabricated news conferences with an actor portraying baseball executives and ESPN's reluctance to cover stories that involved their own employees."