August 9, 201214 yr One person is taking the beating for coming in 4th, being hyped, and being pretty. She's a great success story for all Americans and especially those with rough lives. The two US runners who medaled have embarrassed themselves and made themselves look petty which, in kind, has embarrassed a lot of others associated with them. :thumb:
August 9, 201214 yr Media: Look at this provocative picture we took of an attractive athlete! Public: She's attractive. I like her. Media: I can't believe you'd sexualize and objectify a world-class athlete we told you about and pay her the attention due to other competitors we had never told you about before the race!
August 9, 201214 yr Author After this picture Dawn Harper should be embarrassed. [ATTACH]37105[/ATTACH] How so?
August 9, 201214 yr How about we all start paying attention to Allyson Felix? She dominated last night and I'm now officially a huge fan. And she's going to be a school teacher now that she's done with the Olympics... always had a thing for women who were schoolteachers...
August 9, 201214 yr How so? I'm confused too Clizzy. It's not a good look. At all. At least to me it isn't.
August 9, 201214 yr Author It's not a good look. At all. At least to me it isn't. I figured that's where you were headed.
August 9, 201214 yr Jason Whitlock wrote a pretty enlightened and provocative piece (go figure) on Lolo and the controversy. Darren Rovell from ESPN also wrote another good piece on how Lolo was media savvy and is just taking advantage of opportunites that others simply don't do a good enough job of doing. If I can find it later I will post the links. The Anna K references are so far off base as Lolo has been a two time world indoor champion and an American Record Holder. The general public in the USA tune into track and field every 4 years and equate success to Olympic medals whereas in Europe World Championships are celebrated and track stars are athletic royalty. It is very difficult for track & field athletes to become so mainstream as to be targets for major advertisers especially in non-Olympic years. Lolo has been able to do more than most based upon her success on the track, looks and more importantly recognizing the value of the social media. Remember her "failure" at this Olympics as to be the 4th fastest in maybe the fastest women's hurdle race of all time.
August 9, 201214 yr Author Jason Whitlock wrote a pretty enlightened and provocative piece (go figure) on Lolo and the controversy. Darren Rovell from ESPN also wrote another good piece on how Lolo was media savvy and is just taking advantage of opportunites that others simply don't do a good enough job of doing. If I can find it later I will post the links. The Anna K references are so far off base as Lolo has been a two time world indoor champion and an American Record Holder. The general public in the USA tune into track and field every 4 years and equate success to Olympic medals whereas in Europe World Championships are celebrated and track stars are athletic royalty. It is very difficult for track & field athletes to become so mainstream as to be targets for major advertisers especially in non-Olympic years. Lolo has been able to do more than most based upon her success on the track, looks and more importantly recognizing the value of the social media. Remember her "failure" at this Olympics as to be the 4th fastest in maybe the fastest women's hurdle race of all time. Whitlock says what I felt was partly behind it from some (ie the two medal winners from the US). Fair-skin, mixed-race, drop-dead-beautiful Lolo Jones is absolutely despised by her dark-skin American 100-meter-hurdle teammates, Dawn Harper and Kellie Wells. Harper won the gold in 2008, but Lolo won the real gold, the fame. After taking the silver and bronze, respectively, at these Games, Harper and Wells didn’t hide their contempt for Lolo. The light skin-dark skin war within the African-American community is older than the battle between Auburn and Alabama football fans and more mean-spirited than the animosity between Dan Gilbert and LeBron James. It’s my bet that Harper and Wells and their handlers gassed up the New York Times to go after Jones. Olympics is no place for crying
August 9, 201214 yr Author I loathe Jason Whitlock. Is this a shot at Whitlock? Gregg Doyel @GreggDoyelCBS Any man who would rip Lolo Jones for crying is a man who has known women only through his Visa card
August 9, 201214 yr Is this a shot at Whitlock? Gregg Doyel @GreggDoyelCBS Any man who would rip Lolo Jones for crying is a man who has known women only through his Visa card Sounds like it. :lol:
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