Brandi Chastain's Plaque Does Not Go Over Well

The good news for Brandi Chastain is that she got inducted into the San Francisco Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame on Monday for her soccer prowess. The bad news is that much of the attention is focusing on her plaque, which bears an image of her that is, as she diplomatically puts it, "not the most flattering," per the San Jose Mercury News. But "it's nice," added Chastain, who once provided the sports world with a more enduring image—her rip-the-shirt-off celebration after a World Cup win in 1999. (See it in the photo gallery.) Some reaction to the new plaque:

• "Brandi Chastain is one of the most beautiful athletes I’ve ever covered," writes Ann Killion, a sports columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle. "How this became her plaque is a freaking embarrassment for BASHOF."

• BASHOF official Anthony Savicke initially said the group had no plans to redo the plaque. The images on them are "representations" and not meant to be photographic replicas, he said, per the Mercury News. However, Ann Killion of the Chronicle tweeted that a wealthy patron had offered to pay for a new plaque. BASHOF later relented, with its president telling KTVU it will be "expensive" but that the plaque will be redone.
• Chastain is a "total babe," but the "plaque made her look more like Babe Ruth," complains TMZ.
• Helpful Twitter users suggest the image was actually of Bill Belichick, Mickey Rooney, Gary Busey, or Jimmy Carter. Plus another vote for Babe Ruth. The Sporting News rounds up other reactions.
• Lots of people were reminded of the weird bust of men's soccer great Cristiano Ronaldo.

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