Charles Apple

In an election year, who better to feature on the front of your football preview special section?

Orlando Sentinel sports designer and sports memorabilia blogger Chris Olds writes:

Friday’s Orlando Sentinel [will feature] both Presidential candidates — Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain — on the cover of the paper’s 60-page football season preview section. Each candidate will be featured on the front page — with his opponent on the back.

Obama was photographed after an Aug. 1 rally at Orlando’s Freedom High School by Joe Burbank. McCain was shot in Arlington, Va., by the Sentinel’s Gary Green.

Find behind-the-scenes photos here. Read an amusing story about how it all came together here.

Find Chris’ excellent sports collecting blog here. Find a Q&A we did last fall with Chris here.

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