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What's Trending From London: Chiming In On Lolo Jones
Published August 8, 2012
Much of the action in the Twitterverse today centers on the media's coverage of U.S. hurdler Lolo Jones, who finished fourth in last night's 100-meter hurdlers and leaves the London Games without a medal. SB Nation's Bomani Jones wrote, "so the nyt said the push behind lolo was about sex appeal, not track. can you complain about that after being on 'today' w/no medal?" Syndicated radio host Jim Rome tweeted, "I have no issue w/ LoLo Jones' crazy self-promotion. Of course, she'd be a helluva lot more interesting if she at least medalled." The Big Lead's Jason McIntyre: "I don't get the American on American crime. Dawn Harper playing the respect card? Whatever." The Financial Times' Matthew Garrahan: "Ouch - Lolo Jones came fourth in the hurdles and to make matters worse the NYT makes her cry (quite literally)." Slate.com's Josh Levin: "If 60m hurdles was in Olympics, Lolo Jones--who holds U.S. record and 2 world titles--would be an American hero. But it's not, so she stinks."
Other Olympic tweets of interest:
SI's Grant Wahl: "83,000 tickets now sold for USA-Japan Olympic women's soccer final Thursday. Will break previous Olympic women's record of 76,481 (1996)."
BDA Sports Management COO Bill Sanders: "Best thing about the Olympics? Athletes go out on top. Swan songs for May/Walsh, Phelps etc. Hate to see stars compete past their prime."
ESPN's Scott Van Pelt: "France beats Spain with a goal with one second left in handball. 23-22. Handball, y'all. It's seriously the sickest event in the games."
Yahoo Sports' Greg Wyshynski: "Watching Olympic BMX. Gonna destroy on 'Excitebike' when I get back home to my NES."
The Guardian's Georgina Turner: "'Oh, lovely!' I say to myself as I watch the jumping, having no actual idea what qualiies as lovely in the equestrian world."
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Other Olympic tweets of interest:
SI's Grant Wahl: "83,000 tickets now sold for USA-Japan Olympic women's soccer final Thursday. Will break previous Olympic women's record of 76,481 (1996)."
BDA Sports Management COO Bill Sanders: "Best thing about the Olympics? Athletes go out on top. Swan songs for May/Walsh, Phelps etc. Hate to see stars compete past their prime."
ESPN's Scott Van Pelt: "France beats Spain with a goal with one second left in handball. 23-22. Handball, y'all. It's seriously the sickest event in the games."
Yahoo Sports' Greg Wyshynski: "Watching Olympic BMX. Gonna destroy on 'Excitebike' when I get back home to my NES."
The Guardian's Georgina Turner: "'Oh, lovely!' I say to myself as I watch the jumping, having no actual idea what qualiies as lovely in the equestrian world."
