lol what a loser who doesn't know what in the hell he's talking about. Needs to stick to football.
he's a walking contradiction
[font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"]"A high school senior named Candace Parker enters the (boys) slam dunk competition at the 2004 McDonald's All-American Game, gently pushes the ball through the rim, and wins the event. J.R. Smith practically sat on the basket for a few of his dunks, but Parker won because, well, she won because she was a girl. And don't tell me I'm being sexist, because I'm not. The [em]judges[/em] were being sexist for symbolically patting Parker on her pretty little head and telling her, my, what a sweet thing she is."
[/font][font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"] But this was not all that impressive. Not if you look with the jaded eyes of neutrality, which very few of you undoubtedly possess. Then again, maybe I don't possess those eyes either. Not on Danica Patrick. She has rubbed me the wrong way for years, including her ridiculous marketing choices, like when she stares seductively into the camera to hawk antifreeze or pretends to peel down her racing suit and makes beaver jokes -- I'm not making that up -- for GoDaddy.com.
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[/font][font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"] Patrick has bugged me for a while, and I'll tell you exactly when it started: It started in July 2006 when she said she was considering a move to NASCAR. No problem there. But then she smugly wondered how high those TV ratings would be. Big problem there. At the time, Patrick was 10th on the Indy Racing League -- 10th out of the 15 drivers who raced every week. She was a non-factor on her B-list racing circuit. And she's wondering about the ratings for her NASCAR debut? Hey, sweetheart, try [em style="font-weight: bold;"]qualifying[/em] for a NASCAR event. Then we'll talk ratings. [/font][/p][font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"] [/font][font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"] If you're wondering why I'm wrapping a wet blanket around what Mike Freeman is foolishly calling a warm and snuggly story, that's the biggest reason: the IRL is not real racing. Not real good racing, anyway. It's not the best car circuit in this country -- that would be NASCAR -- and it's not even the best open-wheel series in the world. That would be Formula One.[/font][/p][font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"]Those are details nobody wants to hear, and I don't understand why. Maybe you think I'm sexist for pointing those details out. Maybe I think you're sexist for not wanting to know, for wanting instead to feel good about the pioneering done by Patrick and therefore to feel good about your socially uplifted self rather than holding women, and men, to the same standards. [/font][/p][font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"] [/font][font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"] Drag-racer Shirley Muldowney won the NHRA's elite Top Fuel season championship three times. Jockey Julie Krone won more than 3,700 career horse races, including the 1993 Belmont. After the Professional Women's Bowling Association went under in 2003, three PBWA bowlers -- Liz Johnson, Kelly Kulick and Cathy Dorin-Lizzi -- joined the men's tour and earned their way into fields. [/font][/p][font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"] [/font][font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"] Those are all remarkable stories of women vs. men, but if you ask me, the most impressive story involves Michelle Wie. Before unraveling at the hands of her pushy parents and marketing reps, Wie nearly made the cut at the 2004 Sony Open on the PGA Tour. She shot an even-par 140. She finished ahead of nearly 70 male professionals and missed the cut by just one stroke. She was 14 years old. [/font][/p][font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"] [/font][font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"] That beats the hell out of anything Patrick did this weekend, or next weekend, or any weekend, on the IRL
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He has to repeat twice how much he dislikes Danica Patrick. The "Hey sweetheart" is condescening and putting women in a lower class, hence sexist. lol
Plus the fact that he thinks Nascar is the best racing series in North America disregards anything he has to say about auto racing. If you want to go pure talent wise, ALMS people are the best.
Wie has never made a cut or hasn't even won on the women's tour. Professional bowling is not in the same category as auto racing and nhra has a different history that you can't compare to. For example Ashley Force just won a race this weekend. Now is this guy going to say Ashley Force won because of her famous daddy and equipment? total f*cking bullshit.
After Patrick finished 4th in the Indianapolis 500 a racer in the event said she was faster then everyone because she was lighter then the rest. Auto racing is the most sexist activity besides old white males and their country clubs.
Wouldn't suspect anything better from CBS with a history of sexists in their sport department.
