As an interesting postscript to our recent AOY thread, I thought I'd pass
along the results of the 2002 Champion of Champions poll of the editorial
staff of the French sports daily, L'Equipe. In spite of his Tour de France
exploits, Lance Armstrong was only tied for eighth with Serena Williams.
I'm surprised Lance is that high. Makes the case. They don't like him
there-because he is so good.
Regards,
Martin(admitted Lancophile)
Robert Hersh wrote:
As an interesting postscript to our recent AOY thread, I thought I'd pass
along the results of the 2002 Champion of Champions poll of the
It just goes to show that there are stupid people everywhere in the world!
No one ethnicity, religion, group, etc. has a captive grip on it. It is
everywhere
Gerald
I'm surprised he made the list at all. According to the SI AOY article
about Lance, the French generally have a very low opinion of him. He gets
jeered as he rides by in the French countryside. They view his achievements
as impossible without drugs, therefore he must be a cheating doper.
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Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 11:23:33 -0600
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Where did Greg LeMond ever finish on the L'Equipe list? The French liked him even
less. But at least
a great track accomplishment was recognized, but interesting that there is no Paula or
marathoners
at all (or is that the bottom 10 or 20 of the list?) The French do know where Chicago
is; they
Not exactly true.. Le Equipe moved a crew over after Mo set the 100m record.
They love our sprinters.
In a message dated 1/2/2003 9:55:00 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Plus the French never do like Americans of any sort to come over and win
their
sporting events.
Kurt Bray
In 44 years, and perhaps 80-85,000 miles, of running, I had my share of
encounters with jerks in cars. But a friend has the best story.
He was running at night on a perimeter road around his Miami suburb
housing development when a car with four young punks passed him and yelled
some taunts.
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USATF Director of Communications
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, January 2, 2002
Name Game continues for USATF mascot
INDIANAPOLIS USA Track
When reading SI's Sportsman of the Year articles, I was struck by two items:
- Three of the first five SOYs were track and field athletes. I forget
when the last one won, but I think it may have been Mary Decker in 1983.
- Armstrong is praised as being unique among cyclists to be training for
There is also a subset of drivers who will not cross the yellow line for
any reason. I suspect that some of these people would blithely run over
a person, dog, or tree just to make sure they don't edge into the wrong
lane when there are no other cars in sight. Most of my road miles are
in
Hmm, buzz they call it?
My brother-in-law, a casual sports fan, read the Slate article recently and
asked me over the holiday what I thought of the new mascot. He basically
seemed to think if we were going to use a borrowed mascot, it should at
least be a good one.
Jorma
- Original Message
Rob Walker of the online magazine Slate.com in December wrote
an article on the mascot, instantly making it news in non-sports
media. At the same time, Track Field News whose editor, E.
Garry Hill, was quoted by Walker in Slate conducted an online
survey (www.trackandfieldnews.com) to
Over 90% of those polled at the TFN site thought the mascot sucks, and this
is the oblivious, sunny-day spin we get from USATF.
My god, no wonder the PR side of track is in the tank.
-Buck Jones
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Sent: Thursday,
Hmm, buzz they call it?
Yes, apparently incredulity, ridicule, and derision count as buzz. I
guess it's the old theory about there being no such thing as bad publicity.
Kurt Bray
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Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 16:15:11 -0700
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Subject: RE: t-and-f: USATF Release: Mascot name game continues
Over 90% of those polled at the TFN site thought the mascot sucks, and this
is
try telling that to Marion Monty.
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Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 23:13:06 +
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Subject: Re: t-and-f: USATF Release: Mascot name game continues
Yes, apparently incredulity, ridicule,
My 11 year old daughter tiled the moscot as wallpaper on the computer before
I knew what it was so I guess it hits the demographic.
Yes, kids stuff,
Father Derderian
Netters:
Old standbys Trenton and Willingboro swept the field at the New
Jersey Millrose 1600-meter relay trials today at seton hall
Trenton took the boys event with a fine 3:22.3 effort that was very
evenly paced. Three veterans, Irv Stills, Fred Vanues and Calvin Rhodes ran
Dear Craig, Bill, Jill;
If the Big Blue Hairy Thing is still around Dec. 11, 2004, he's more than welcome in
Schaumburg,
Ill. for the USATF Junior Olympics National Cross Country Championships. I'll even
comp his cage.
Best regards,
Mike Prizy
Chairman, Local Organizing Committee
Thomas J.
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