[6] Spain first gained widespread attention in 2007 when she made a post on eBay offering to be someone's "date" to Super Bowl XLI, in which the Chicago Bears played the Indianapolis Colts.

She was living in Los Angeles at the time and, expecting to go to the game with friends, had purchased a plane ticket to Miami.

She described the auction as a stunt to get media attention, with the hope that a company would try to gain publicity by sponsoring her attendance at the Super Bowl.

Word of the auction reached Unilever, the makers of Axe Body Spray, who covered Spain's costs to attend the game and in turn began a media campaign to "see how many guys would do the same thing for a chance to see their team play.

[6] Spain also worked as a sideline reporter for the Big Ten Network and hosted the Coors Light Fantasy Players Minute.

[21] The four-minute video, produced by Just Not Sports and One Tree Forest Films, won a 2016 Peabody Award in the Public Service category.