Lindsey Vonn’s Sports Illustrated Cover Causes a Stir

By | February 5, 2010 | Women's Sports | 5 Comments

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5 Replies to Lindsey Vonn’s Sports Illustrated Cover Causes a Stir

  1. Chris says:
    February 5, 2010 at 2:33 pm

    I’m not sure. Can I see number 1 again? ;)

  2. Kristabella says:
    February 5, 2010 at 3:23 pm

    Wow. I saw the headline on Yahoo about the magazine cover and I figured “oh Lord, they must have put a woman Olympian naked on a mountain.” And then I forgot to click on the link to see what the story was really about.

    This? IS RIDICULOUS! She can’t win and that is just so wrong. I hope she wipes the mountain with everyone in the Olympics! UGH!

  3. roger says:
    February 5, 2010 at 11:52 pm

    See, they’ll do that with men as well and nobody gives a flying-down-the-steep-mountain shrug about that.

  4. kdiddy says:
    February 6, 2010 at 10:58 am

    There may be some subtleties about the Vonn picture that are worth examining, but overall it’s pretty tame.

    Danica Patrick needs to quit huffing so many exhaust fumes. I can’t quite figure out the trajectory of her publicity. She’s excelling in a sport that the phrase “male-dominated” doesn’t even begin to describe. It’s like she/her handlers knew that there was no way NASCAR audiences would accept her unless they could spend 90% of the time ogling her and only 10% of the time considering her as an equal athlete. Like, “Yeah, she may beat you in a race, but don’t worry, you still get to be the one to desire her.” I don’t like it.

  5. GoonSquadSarah says:
    February 6, 2010 at 1:36 pm

    It makes me angry. If she was a bad driver I would get it, but she is competitive. Danica Patrick pisses me off.

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