Conor McGregor among athletes to be featured in ESPN Magazine’s ‘Body Issue’

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March 5, 2016; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Conor McGregor reacts while fighting against Nate Diaz during UFC 196 at MGM Grand Garden Arena. (Mark J. Rebilas/USA Today Sports)

In this May 31, 2016, file photo, Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jake Arrieta delivers during a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Chicago. Arrieta, Denver Broncos’ Von Miller and Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade will be featured in ESPN The Magazine’s eighth annual “Body Issue.”(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File/AP)

In this Feb. 7, 2016, file photo, Denver Broncos’ Von Miller pauses during NFL football’s Super Bowl 50 against the Carolina Panthers in Santa Clara, Calif. Miller, Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade and Chicago Cubs’ Jake Arrieta will be featured in ESPN The Magazine’s eighth annual “Body Issue.” (Gregory Payan, File/AP)

In this May 9, 2016, file photo, Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade dribbles during Game 4 of an NBA second-round playoff basketball series against the Toronto Raptors in Miami. Wade, Denver Broncos’ Von Miller and Chicago Cubs’ Jake Arrieta will be featured in ESPN The Magazine’s eighth annual “Body Issue.” (Alan Diaz, File/AP)

NEW YORK — Super Bowl MVP Von Miller, 12-time NBA All-Star Dwyane Wade and NL Cy Young Award winner Jake Arrieta will be featured in ESPN The Magazine’s eighth annual “Body Issue.”

Other athletes photographed include NFL stars Antonio Brown and Vince Wilfork, UFC champion Conor McGregor, WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne, swimmer Nathan Adrian, beach volleyball Olympian April Ross, soccer player Christen Press, wrestler Adeline Grey, boxer Claressa Shields, and retired diver Greg Louganis. Duathlete Chris Mosier is the first transgender athlete to appear in the issue.

ESPN said Tuesday that the issue will be posted online July 6 and on newsstands July 8.