AdWatch: ESPN | This Is SportsCenter – Alex Ovechkin ‘Spy’

ESPN’s SportsCenter plays off the “Russian spy” stereotype in this ad featuring NHL star Alex Ovechkin.

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ADVERTISER: ESPN

AGENCY: Wieden + Kennedy

FIRST AIRED: 2011

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