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Briggs: New BGSU linebacker's secretly dad named him ESPN. Mom was mad, but it turned out perfect

BOWLING GREEN — Imagine having ESPN as your middle name — and then growing up to be, say, a minority whip or the drummer in a metal band called Death Voltage.

What do you do then?

Change it to C-SPAN? MTV?

DaDaDa, DaDaDa — as the SportsCenter theme goes — could have just as easily turned into … D’oh!

That’s the risk new Bowling Green State University linebacker Gideon ESPN Lampron’s dad ran when he secretly went against his wife’s wishes and named their son after the sports network.