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Neil Best leaves no stone unturned in the world of sports media.

ESPN skipper is a Jets fan

ESPN president John Skipper.

Photo credit: AP, 2010

Over the decades, men who grew up in the New York area have dominated the upper ranks of network sports executives, much to the annoyance of the rest of the nation.

Enter John Skipper, the president of ESPN and thus one of the handful of most powerful people in the sports business. He grew up in Lexington, N.C., attended college in Chapel Hill and still has the accent to prove it.

So,...

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