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[Willco]

I'm not quite sure what's scarier, this couple naming their child ESPN or that they're the third couple to do so...

Associated Press

PAMPA, Texas -- A Texas couple who named their son ESPN after the cable sports network will soon be getting a visit from the toddler's namesake.

An ESPN film crew is coming to this Panhandle town next month to interview the family of 2-year-old ESPN Malachi McCall for a feature on several children around the country named after the network.

ESPN (pronounced Espen) McCall is one of at least three children in the United States known to be named for the sports network. A couple in Corpus Christi named their son Espn Curiel in 2000, the same year Espen Blondeel was born in Michigan.

ESPN spokesman Dave Nagle said the feature will air Sept. 6 as part of a two-hour special celebrating the network's 25th anniversary. The special focuses on the company's history, growth and impact.

"We don't have viewers. We have fans," Nagle said Saturday. "And I guess there's no better testament than when someone names their child after your product. It just shows the bond we have with people."

Rebecca and Michael McCall said their son's name started as a joke after they heard on the radio about another couple naming their son "Espen."

"He looked at me and said, 'That's a cool name,'" Rebecca McCall said in Saturday's editions of the Amarillo Globe-News.

 

[belgurdo]

Only in Texas

 

[Smiles and Cries]

and nothing about a trailer park?

 

[DMczaf]

PAMPA, Texas -- A Texas couple who named their son ESPN after the cable sports network will soon be getting a visit from the toddler's namesake.

Matrix and Miguel...sitting in a tree, P.L.A.Y.I.N.G.M.A.D.D.E.N.

 

[Wellington]

Nice. Paving the way for my child, Telemundo!

 

[Matrix]

Matrix and Miguel...sitting in a tree, P.L.A.Y.I.N.G.M.A.D.D.E.N.

LOL!

 

[Bishman]

Matrix and Miguel...sitting in a tree, P.L.A.Y.I.N.G.M.A.D.D.E.N.

lol

 

[sprsk]

omg those stupid celebritys naming their kids stupid names!

 

[Socreges]

omg those stupid celebritys naming their kids stupid names!

Because this in any way takes away from how often celebrities give their kids ridiculous names?

Only in Texas

..and Michigan.

 

[Mike Works]

Espen "ESPN" Knutsen says WELCOME TO TWENTY YEARS AGO

 

[sc0la]

This is why abortions should always be safe and legal. So we can travel back in time and the grandparents can take just action on the offending "parents"

 

[Kiriku]

Texas is like the US of the US.

 

[Optimistic]

Only in the United States...

 

[Pattergen]

Espen is actually kinda a cool name. Conjuring that name after a cable sports channel is, however, amazing.