It’s often said that every athlete wants to be a musician, but the Feb 18th issue of ESPN: The Magazine brings a few athletes closer to making their dreams an actual reality!
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For the music issue, ESPN got 14 athletes to recreate some of the most memorable album covers ever and we have to admit: we did a few double takes once we saw the finished product.
When Cleveland Browns runningback Trent Richardson was picked to participate in the recreation of Run-DMC’s Ultimate Run-DMC album cover, he said:
“When I heard about the shoot, I thought, I get to go to LA, and we get to be legends.”
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We’re sure the other participants – including Ryan Lochte as the baby from Nirvana’s Nevermind and soccer star Alex Morgan as Katy Perry on One of the Boys – felt the same way.
Check out the pictures from ESPN: The Magazine’s music issue, photographed by Matthias Clamer, in the gallery above.
