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re: Mo'ne Davis wins AP Female Athlete of the Year
Posted on 12/29/14 at 2:05 pm to chalmetteowl
Posted on 12/29/14 at 2:05 pm to chalmetteowl
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can you name any of the female Olympic Gold Medal winners? (i'm assuming they'd have to be American)
Look up.
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Diana Taurasi was WNBA Finals MVP
Another more deserving candidate.
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Posted on 12/29/14 at 2:08 pm to quail man
Mikaela Shiffrin, U.S. skiier. Youngest Alpine slalom Olympic champion in history. She wasn't yet 19, and beat every other elite slalom skiier in the world in the sport's most prominent event.
She's young, American and at an unprecedented age, beat the world's best. I think she's more deserving.
She's young, American and at an unprecedented age, beat the world's best. I think she's more deserving.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 2:10 pm to MetArl15
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Mikaela Shiffrin, U.S. skiier. Youngest Alpine slalom Olympic champion in history. She wasn't yet 19, and beat every other elite slalom skiier in the world in the sport's most prominent event.
She's young, American and at an unprecedented age, beat the world's best. I think she's more deserving.
Her or the UF pitcher are my two choices.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 2:15 pm to MetArl15
see, this is all i was asking for. another few names. 
great lists, and a ton of deserving people. you can make an argument for a few of the gold medal winners, but nobody won multiple medals, from what i saw. i have no horse in this race, so i really don't care.
great lists, and a ton of deserving people. you can make an argument for a few of the gold medal winners, but nobody won multiple medals, from what i saw. i have no horse in this race, so i really don't care.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 2:23 pm to quail man
For the record, the runner up was Lauren Hill (the basketball player with brain cancer) and third place was Serena Williams.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 2:24 pm to quail man
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great lists, and a ton of deserving people. you can make an argument for a few of the gold medal winners, but nobody won multiple medals, from what i saw.
The ice dancer chick did, but that's barely even a sport.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 2:25 pm to msutiger
Posted on 12/29/14 at 2:26 pm to quail man
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see, this is all i was asking for. another few names.
And all I had to do was google "sochi gold medalists," "2014 women's grand slam winners," "2014 women's college world series" and "2014 women's basketball all americans" to find a dozen more worthy candidates. You'd have thought the JOURNALISTS at the Associated freaking Press would have done that too instead of just sitting around a table and saying "who was that little girl who pitched in those Little League games? That was cool. Let's give it to her"--which was apparently what they did.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 2:31 pm to quail man
I can at least concede that Davis was the beneficiary of a down year in female sports, and therefore her selection is not as far out of left field as she otherwise should have been. Still, the Olympic champions are far more deserving in my mind than Davis could ever be.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 2:34 pm to MetArl15
By "down year," I assume you meant "unmarketable."
Posted on 12/29/14 at 2:36 pm to lsutigers1992
probably a better term, yes.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 2:41 pm to MetArl15
By that same rationale, you could argue that Johnny Douchebag was the AP Male Athlete of the Year. He was drafted in the first round, was an NFL starting quarterback, and nobody "trended" and stole the headlines more than him!
Posted on 12/29/14 at 2:44 pm to lsutigers1992
Well I'm with you on Davis being the wrong choice, so you're preaching to the choir here.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 2:46 pm to udtiger
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Google 2014 Sochi Women's skiing, or figure skating
The fact that we have to google it to know any of the names tells me the AP made the right call.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 2:48 pm to msutiger
Just shows how dumb womens sports are, besides MMA and even that is way worse than the mens. Ronda Rousey should have won.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 2:49 pm to LSUBoo
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For the record, the runner up was Lauren Hill (the basketball player with brain cancer)
that's even worse...
at least Mo'ne did something worthwhile in sports... no disrespect, but all this chick did was be sick
yeah. downvote me. i can take it
Posted on 12/29/14 at 2:51 pm to Green Chili Tiger
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The fact that we have to google it to know any of the names tells me the AP made the right call.
I forgot. The award is called "AP Most Searched and Most Popular Female Athlete of the Year." You're right.
It really sucks that we live in a society where people think "trending" and "newsworthy" are synonymous.
People can win awards even if they are not celebrities.
This post was edited on 12/29/14 at 2:54 pm
Posted on 12/29/14 at 2:54 pm to MetArl15
17 year old katie ledecky broke 3 world records in swimming, two of the twice... so 5 wr performances in a year doesn't even get you top 3. 5 gold medals at pan pacs too.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 2:58 pm to ehole
But I had to google her so she doesn't deserve it.
Should have had cancer if she wanted to be in the top 3.
Should have had cancer if she wanted to be in the top 3.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 2:59 pm to chalmetteowl
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that's even worse...
at least Mo'ne did something worthwhile in sports... no disrespect, but all this chick did was be sick
yeah. downvote me. i can take it
No, have an upvote.
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