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PISS OFF

Usain Bolt hurts own image with shot at Carl Lewis

LONDON – Until 11:45 p.m. London time on Thursday, Usain Bolt had achieved something even more remarkable than turning the Olympic Stadium track into his own personal drag strip.
He’d managed to be the most toweringly arrogant, endlessly cocky, thoroughly likeable guy in sports.
Then he nuked Carl Lewis.
There went the American vote, Usain. Hope the endorsement deals in Jamaica and Europe stay strong.
Bolt’s run as the most popular foreign athlete in the United States – maybe ever, or at least in the argument – might have ended abruptly Thursday night. After winning his fifth career Olympic gold medal and second of the London Games, he veered out of his way in the 200-meter news conference to savage Lewis, who merely won nine gold medals for America during his brilliant sprinting-and-jumping career. Them’s fightin’ words.
Bolt was asked about the great sprinters of all time, with the names Jessie Owens and Carl Lewis mentioned. Bolt gave props to Owens then announced, “I’m going to say something controversial.”
Did he ever.
“Carl Lewis, I have no respect for him,” Bolt said. “The things he says about the track athletes are very downgrading. I think he’s just looking for attention because nobody really talks about him.
“I’ve lost all respect for him. All respect.” Bolt was asked what caused him to lose respect for Lewis. “All drug stuff,” he responded.
Four years ago, when Bolt exploded in Beijing by winning three gold medals, Lewis specifically questioned Bolt’s huge time drop in the 100 meters, from 10.03 to 9.69 in the course of a year.
“If you don’t question that in a sport that has the reputation it has right now, you’re a fool,” Lewis said. “Period.” Back to the present and back to you, Bolt.
“For an athlete to be out of the sport and be saying that is really upsetting,” he said Thursday night.
Actually, Bolt took a shot at Lewis earlier in the night in the media zone just off the track. There, he was asked a drug-related question that did involve the name “Victor Conte” but did not involve the name “Carl Lewis.” Yet Bolt went there on his own.Usain Bolt, center, celebrates before receiving his gold medal for winning the 200. (AP)”It’s really amazing when people talk stupid stuff,” Bolt said. “Lewis, nobody remembers who he is. … We [the Jamaicans] work hard, we push ourselves to the limit. I shouldn’t even have to respond to that.”
This could be the tipping point for Bolt. A guy with a huge approval rating and the most mesmerizing performer in sports just gave a whole lot of people a fresh reason to appraise him much more critically.
There was fresh reason to celebrate Jamaican speed Thursday, and fresh reason to question it. The tiny island nation swept the podium in the 200, with Bolt taking gold, Yohan Blake silver and Warren Weir bronze. That fulfilled Bolt’s pre-race marching orders to Weir: “One, two, tree,” he said, to accurately quote Weir’s Jamaican diction.
One-two-tree, indeed. With the sweep in hand, the announcer at Olympic Stadium spoke the truth: “It’s going to be a long night in Kingston tonight.”
But in London, there were questions to be asked and answered. Blake was asked about a three-month doping suspension in 2009 after testing positive for a stimulant.
“In life,” Blake said, “you have obstacles.”
In an epic news conference Freudian slip, an American sports writer mistakenly started a question about the Jamaican track team by referring to the “Jamaican drug team.” After the laughter in the room died down, the question was asked: Usain, are you sure your team is clean?
“Without a doubt,” Bolt said. “We train hard. … We do our best to show the world we are clean.”
Until going after Lewis, Bolt had shown the world that it’s possible to be the world’s fastest man, have the world’s biggest ego and still be the world’s most enjoyable athlete.
This is normally a toxic combination. We like our superstars humble – even if the humility is false. We’ve bred an entire generation of athletes who will throw no-hitters, rack up triple-doubles or score four touchdowns only to blandly chalk it all up to great teammates and good luck. That has become the accepted, recommended and even enforced method of analyzing one’s own greatness.
Not Bolt. Hell no.
Maybe 20 times Thursday, he referred to himself as a “living legend,” after becoming the first sprinter in Olympic history to win the 100 and 200 in consecutive Olympics. He agreed that he is now in the same category as Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan in the pantheon of global sports icons. He put himself on the same level as Bob Marley in terms of importance to Jamaica.
And yet it all worked. Why? Because Bolt is the blazing ambassador of fun.
Everything is a laugh with Bolt. Everything is a joke. He is true to Jamaican stereotype in his ability to smile in the face of stress.
Best example: Before the 200, with the stadium dripping tension, Bolt looked at the girl volunteer who was in charge of his lane on the track.
“You’re nervous,” he said to her.
“Yes,” she answered.
“Why?” he asked.
“I’m so excited!” she responded.
“That’s the thing I like to do,” Bolt explained later. “I’ll bump a fist for the person carrying my bag, to show appreciation. I know they’re over the moon.”
What American athlete would matter-of-factly acknowledge the fact that he or she sends The Common People over the moon? Bolt does it, and it’s fine, because that’s just who he is.
Of course, it’s a lot easier to be a character and a showman if you can back it up. When Bolt was introduced to the crowd before the 200, he mimicked the queen’s restrained parade wave; that was big-screen gold. Then he smoked Blake, Weir and the rest of the field.
Bolt has backed up the bravado every time he’s run an Olympic race. He’s 5-for-5, with a relay race still to go here.
There’s nothing worse than a big talker who can’t walk the walk. Or, in this case, run the run. Bolt can run the run.
But then Usain Bolt, lovable egomaniac, ran outside his lane. At the height of his glory he stooped to petty shots at an American track legend – not a great look for a champion, not a graceful end to a glorious night.
Now we’ll see what the fallout will be. It’s all glory and celebration in Kingston tonight, but how will killing Carl Lewis play in Peoria?

RIDE RUN OR SLIDE?

WTF AFRICA- SO SAD

– The woman was stripped naked and made to carry the corpse of the dead boy around her area. The sad incident happened on Sunday on Amosu Street, Ijegun, in Lagos.

The woman known locally as Iya Anu beat her 16 year old foster son, Seubow, to death for allegedly stealing N50. Seybow was Iya Anu’s husband’s nephew.

According to neighbours, trouble started after Seubow lost the N1,000 given to him by Iya Anu to run an errand for her some days back. Angered by the loss which she claimed was theft, the woman refused to feed Seubow for over four days. When the teenager couldn’t take the hunger anymore, he sneaked out to buy gala one night. When Iya Anu found out, she accused him of stealing her N50 and beat him up, using a rod. She battered him for days until he gave the ghost on Sunday afternoon.
After his death, neighbours rounded the woman up and made her carry the boy’s corpse to the police station. If only the neighbours had intervened earlier. This wasn’t the first she would batter him. The photo on the right was taken in June at a police station where Iya Anu was taken to after seriously battering the boy. No one came to his rescue and he ended up dying in her hands. Sad!
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DEM SEH JAMAICANS DIS

COOPER CITY (CBSMiami) — A car burglary Sunday morning turned into a hit-and-run accident that left two bicyclists dead.

According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, the two riders were traveling near the intersection of Palm Avenue and Sheridan Street when a person in a silver Infiniti crashed in to a another car before spinning out and slamming in to the cyclists.

The two cyclists died on scene, according to paramedics. Detectives say the driver of the Infiniti bailed.

Detectives have not yet released the names of the victims, but by Sunday afternoon, a small memorial had already popped up.

Cyclist Lou Gonzalez said he knew the two riders who died.

“They’ve been doing it for 25 years,” Gonzalez said. “This was their normal route.”

Gonzalez wasn’t sure if the victims’ families were aware.

“It’s hard because we spend a lot of time making sure we’re safe,” Gonzalez said. “We wear our helmets. We obey all the traffic rules.”

The Broward Sheriff’s Office said this all may have started as a car break-in in the Rock Creek neighborhood, about a mile and a half northwest of the crash site.

“Someone attempting to get in to the back of the house through the sliding doors couldn’t get in because two big dogs were inside and scared them,” neighbor Zona Horton said. “But it didn’t scare them enough to try to go in to their car and start taking things out of his vehicle. And he happened to be at the end of the block and he saw them.”

Police were called to that scene just after 7 a.m. Sunday.

“An astute victim actually saw somebody burglarizing his car,” BSO spokeswoman Dani Moschella said. “He jumps in to his own car and is able to point out the suspect to deputies.”

Authorities say one suspect was apprehended at that scene, but another managed to get away a silver Infiniti.

Detectives believe that’s the same car involved in the deadly wreck at Palm Ave. and Sheridan St

Police said the driver bailed, prompting a search that included a chopper and K-9 units from neighboring jurisdictions.

“A Pembroke Pines Police officer located that possible person of interest traveling on foot,” Moschella said. “He was taken in to custody. He has not been charged at this point.”

Riders stopped by the scene Sunday afternoon to pay their respects. They said the victims died doing what they love.

“We ride everyday because we want to be healthy,” Gonzalez said. “We want to be there for our families. And for something like this to happen. It’s very hard for us to take.”

Two passengers in the red Toyota also struck in the crash were not seriously hurt. They were transported to the hospital for treatment.

TUFFY & TOFFHAY

PSALM 111- GOODMORNING

Psalm 111[a]

1 Praise the Lord.[b]
I will extol the Lord with all my heart
in the council of the upright and in the assembly.
2 Great are the works of the Lord;
they are pondered by all who delight in them.
3 Glorious and majestic are his deeds,
and his righteousness endures forever.
4 He has caused his wonders to be remembered;
the Lord is gracious and compassionate.
5 He provides food for those who fear him;
he remembers his covenant forever.
6 He has shown his people the power of his works,
giving them the lands of other nations.
7 The works of his hands are faithful and just;
all his precepts are trustworthy.
8 They are established for ever and ever,
enacted in faithfulness and uprightness.
9 He provided redemption for his people;
he ordained his covenant forever—
holy and awesome is his name.
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
all who follow his precepts have good understanding.
To him belongs eternal praise.

HWT CELEBRATING!

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