Comments on: The New York Times Goes Hard, and Loose, at Lolo Jones Before She Opens the Olympics http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/08/05/the-new-york-times-goes-hard-and-loose-at-lolo-jones-before-she-opens-the-olympics/ Sports, Media, Entertainment Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:14:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: rpf99http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/08/05/the-new-york-times-goes-hard-and-loose-at-lolo-jones-before-she-opens-the-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-1733763 rpf99 Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:01:24 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=199963#comment-1733763 Lolo may not be “the best”, but she is very accomplished:

11-time NCAA All American
3-time NCAA champion
6-time SEC champion
Ranked top 10 in the world 2006-2010
2x Olympic finalist
2x World Indoor Champion
2x World Athletics finalist
1x World Champion finalist
6th fastest American 100m hurdler all-time

That’s pretty good stuff if you ask me. Good job Lolo, keep it up, we love you and you continue to inspire the world every day!!!

]]> By: chatterboxhttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/08/05/the-new-york-times-goes-hard-and-loose-at-lolo-jones-before-she-opens-the-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-1731739 chatterbox Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:50:42 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=199963#comment-1731739 those that have overcome personal challenges.

Do you think NBC will do a story on someone in the Olympics who has overcome personal challenges?

On a more serious note, NCAA champ Ashton Eaton is the favorite heading into the Olympic Decathlon.

]]> By: Walking Underwearhttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/08/05/the-new-york-times-goes-hard-and-loose-at-lolo-jones-before-she-opens-the-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-1731618 Walking Underwear Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:30:20 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=199963#comment-1731618 chatter i think there have always been late bloomers, or those that have overcome personal challenges. dan o’brien was not an NCAA champ for instance

]]> By: chatterboxhttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/08/05/the-new-york-times-goes-hard-and-loose-at-lolo-jones-before-she-opens-the-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-1731613 chatterbox Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:26:32 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=199963#comment-1731613 You might not realize she was a NCAA champion.

Are there any track and field athletes who were NOT an NCAA champion? Swimmers? Wrestlers? I, of course, am talking of those who went to college

I mean you have to the best in this country to go on and compete in the Olympics in a individual sport.

]]> By: A.P.http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/08/05/the-new-york-times-goes-hard-and-loose-at-lolo-jones-before-she-opens-the-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-1730730 A.P. Sun, 05 Aug 2012 19:21:24 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=199963#comment-1730730 /team Lolo

]]> By: starkweatherhttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/08/05/the-new-york-times-goes-hard-and-loose-at-lolo-jones-before-she-opens-the-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-1730727 starkweather Sun, 05 Aug 2012 19:19:54 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=199963#comment-1730727 as you both have now done to Kournikova. she was a top 10 player and won multiple doubles grand slams

I’m late to the party but I was struck by that, too. What the hell kind of premise is that? It’s not like Kournikova was getting highly rated by media votes, she was a great tennis player at a time when there were a bunch of even greater tennis players.

]]> By: resolutedefensehttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/08/05/the-new-york-times-goes-hard-and-loose-at-lolo-jones-before-she-opens-the-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-1730707 resolutedefense Sun, 05 Aug 2012 17:12:57 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=199963#comment-1730707 /Team pretty girls

No better team to be on.

]]> By: HtownHackerhttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/08/05/the-new-york-times-goes-hard-and-loose-at-lolo-jones-before-she-opens-the-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-1730693 HtownHacker Sun, 05 Aug 2012 15:36:35 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=199963#comment-1730693 Yup. Kournikova also hit number one in the world in doubles.

]]> By: Sir Spicioushttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/08/05/the-new-york-times-goes-hard-and-loose-at-lolo-jones-before-she-opens-the-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-1730686 Sir Spicious Sun, 05 Aug 2012 14:55:51 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=199963#comment-1730686 The piece basically minimizes Lolo Jones as a legitimate athlete. If you knew nothing about her career other than the news about her virginity, and then read the Times piece, you would have an altered view of reality. The Kournikova reference might lead you to think she has shot to prominence only on flouting her body. You might not realize she was a NCAA champion.

as you both have now done to Kournikova. she was a top 10 player and won multiple doubles grand slams

]]> By: Some Random Old Dudehttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/08/05/the-new-york-times-goes-hard-and-loose-at-lolo-jones-before-she-opens-the-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-1730684 Some Random Old Dude Sun, 05 Aug 2012 14:41:51 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=199963#comment-1730684 Classic case of sh*t-stirring. Longman is hunting for attention, and it looks like he got it.

]]> By: Hopboyhttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/08/05/the-new-york-times-goes-hard-and-loose-at-lolo-jones-before-she-opens-the-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-1730678 Hopboy Sun, 05 Aug 2012 14:27:07 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=199963#comment-1730678 Since has so much to say about Jones’ looks, I thought a Google Image search of Mr. Longman was in order.

http://www.stvincent.edu/uploadedImages/SVC_Pulse/News/2011/602%20Jere%20Longman%20II%20for%20web.jpg

Good …. god. Did he get his teeth in London when he was writing this piece?

/Team pretty girls

]]> By: heldoverhttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/08/05/the-new-york-times-goes-hard-and-loose-at-lolo-jones-before-she-opens-the-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-1730677 heldover Sun, 05 Aug 2012 14:18:47 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=199963#comment-1730677

The NYT is still in existence? People still read that thing?

Yeah, they got special Sunday issues and everything.

]]> By: reggie_dunlaphttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/08/05/the-new-york-times-goes-hard-and-loose-at-lolo-jones-before-she-opens-the-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-1730676 reggie_dunlap Sun, 05 Aug 2012 14:12:54 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=199963#comment-1730676 Andy Reid’s son found dead.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/andy-reids-son-garrett-found-140205071–nfl.html

]]> By: ohheelyeahhttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/08/05/the-new-york-times-goes-hard-and-loose-at-lolo-jones-before-she-opens-the-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-1730675 ohheelyeah Sun, 05 Aug 2012 13:55:04 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=199963#comment-1730675 The NYT is still in existence? People still read that thing?

]]> By: reggie_dunlaphttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/08/05/the-new-york-times-goes-hard-and-loose-at-lolo-jones-before-she-opens-the-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-1730674 reggie_dunlap Sun, 05 Aug 2012 13:49:49 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=199963#comment-1730674 Damn liberal media giving slanted views on things. Thats why I come to TBL for good ‘ol unbiase…wait, I meant Drudg….I meant Huffing….I meant NB…Brietba…

You get the idea. All media has a bias view with their own perspective on reporting what they consider is news.

]]> By: Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah!http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/08/05/the-new-york-times-goes-hard-and-loose-at-lolo-jones-before-she-opens-the-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-1730673 Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah! Sun, 05 Aug 2012 13:44:41 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=199963#comment-1730673 Seems like the Times writer is more interested in fitting his narrative into his story than the actual story itself. This would make him no different than many of the stories written on TBL.

]]> By: squawkboxhttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/08/05/the-new-york-times-goes-hard-and-loose-at-lolo-jones-before-she-opens-the-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-1730672 squawkbox Sun, 05 Aug 2012 13:44:11 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=199963#comment-1730672 So she has played into the persistent, demeaning notion that women are worthy as athletes only if they have sex appeal.

They must not be watching the women’s swim team.

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