How do you feel about Candace Parker's C-cup being referenced in this lede?

My thoughts exactly.

 

Yet another reason they should not have been mentioned in the lede.

 

Thanks for stopping by, Allison Glock.

 

"Hating" used in that context? Hate it.

 

I don't have a problem with the C cups being mentioned in the lede. Didn't bother me at all. I don't think it helps or hurts the story. It's just there. I read it and moved on.

 

So you're saying only Glock would think that's a good lede/story? Awesome.

 

Not necessarily. It's a long-standing SportsJournalists.com conceit. "Thanks for stopping by, person who is being talked about here."

 

A tired one.

 

We have too many of those to count.

 

Patrick and Kornikova, unlike Parker, Finch and Hamm, needed the marketing. The latter three were/are stars on ability. The looks were just a bonus. Patrick and Kornikova are good athletes -- who, you know ain't won shit -- who are better marketed because of their looks. Nowhere close the level of Hamm, Parker or Finch, who stood out in their resepctive sports.

 

I consider it simply "tradition."

 

It's not edgy. It's just a writer's way of waving the arms and screaming, "Hey, look at me."

And anybody who uses "hating" in an argument has no actual point.