The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Elizabeth Lambert spoke to Jere Longman of New York Times, and here are two of the many highlights: * She was appalled that someone wrote on the internet, “I should be taken to a state prison, raped and left for dead in a ditch.” * Some men sent her messages saying, “Hey, we should meet up some [...]
GregsOpinion.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
» NYT: Those Soccer Plays, in Context (Jere Longman) I'd been wondering when one of the MSM outlets would get ahold of Elizabeth Lambert for an interview. Now we have it. What I like most about the effort is that...
The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... The public reaction was stern. Lambert was suspended indefinitely. But, was the response sexist? Jere Longman raises this question in a New York Times piece. “The world has changed,” Dorrance said. “Women play with just as much intensity, work ethic and sometimes aggression as guys.” But although men can be celebrated for extreme aggression, like knocking out a quarterback in the...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
By Jere Longman11:44 p.m. ET Nov. 17, 2009ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Nearly two weeks later, the University of New Mexico soccer player Elizabeth Lambert said she still could not fully explain what led her to yank an opponent from Brigham Young down by her ponytail in what has become a highly publicized incident of violent behavior. Her action was indefensible, Lambert said Tuesday in her first...
Goal (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
... World Cup in 1995 and the cricket World Cup in 2003, “there was not a single incident.”But as Jere Longman reported for the Times from South Africa last summer during the Confederations Cup, incidents “involving the disappearance of money from the hotel rooms of Egyptian and Brazilian players, and the mugging of a few British rugby fans,” call Jordan’s 100 percent record into question.Still,...
