intentionalfoul.com - 8/21/2008
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While the track and field portion of the Beijing Olympics have been slightly disappointing for Team USA, there have been flashes of greatness as well. No, the Americans didn’t have their normal-dominant outing in the sprint events but you can blame the incredible Jamaican track team for that. But, thanks to the 400-meter race , as well as American runners Lashawn Merritt, Jeremy ...
Track Has A Rivalry? Yes. —
Tirico Suave
Not being an ardent follower of track, I wasn’t exactly prepped on the men’s 400m race.
But one thing was very clear: Jeremy Wariner and LaShawn Merritt were not friends.
Wariner looks like he pirated his persona from Eminem, while Merritt oozes the confidence of a prize fighter — which is not expected from someone that runs [...]
Large Screens TV: August 21 —
FirstCuts
XXL: MUST-SEE TV
Olympics
The end is near. Four more nights of Olympics fantasyland before it’s back to the cold, hard reality of preseason football and wherever your baseball team currently sits in the standings.
Tonight the NBC prime-time show (8 p.m.) features the men’s 400m and an all-American showdown between LaShawn Merritt and Athens gold-medalist Jeremy ...
LaShawn Merritt is American Sprinter —
RightFielders Women in Sports
Meet LaShawn Merritt, an American Olympic sprinter. See photos, video and a biography of LaShawn below.
LaShawn Merritt
LaShawn Merritt beat out defending Olympic champion Jeremy Wariner in the 400 meter final Thursday, giving the U.S. a medal sweep.
Merritt finished with a time of 43.75 seconds, Wariner took the silver in 44.74 seconds and David Neville [...]
