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June 22, 2005
Women in Sports
I saw two news articles today about women in sports. One made me simply shake my head at the stupidity of men. The other made me shake my head in awe (for about the millionth time).
First of all, the stupidity... Formula 1 racing chief Bernie Ecclestone (henceforth to be named Weenie HeadofStone) made a stupid, neanderthalic comment about women in racing after Danica Patrick finished 4th in the Indy 500. And just to make sure she didn't think he'd been misquoted, he called her and repeated the slur over the phone.
"You know, I've got one of these wonderful ideas that women should be all dressed in white like all the other domestic appliances,"
What the freaking hell?
First of all, go to the article; HeadOfStone looks like a cross between Andy Warhol and a sun-dried tomato. No grown man who looks like that any time other than at a Halloween party can be taken seriously. But "domestic appliances?" Somehow I think it'd be fitting if he had to spend eternity with Ann Coulter shrieking in his Warholesque ear. What a freaking cave man.
The other story about women in sports that I noticed is that the long and storied career of Brandi Chastain appears to be over, at least on the US national team. Beyond scoring the most significant goal in US women's soccer history, Chastain was one of the "Fab Five" of women's soccer in this country who played in three Olympics, won two world championships, and furthered interest in women's soccer in this country.
And not for nothing, but there was that whole sports bra moment... and I react to it the same way now as I did then: holy shit, look at the biceps and abs on that woman -- she is cut!
Best of luck to you, Brandi - and thanks for a great career.
Comments
Oh that whole group of soccer players, Chastain is the only one that's really likeable. She's got a really fun, vibrant personality about her.
Mrs. Garciaparra takes miserable to another level. I pray she and Nomar don't produce.
Posted by: Corey at June 23, 2005 12:38 PM
Danica should just run over Bernie.
Posted by: jillian at June 25, 2005 03:28 AM
