Washington Post on Gary Russell, Jr.'s Collapse: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/08/AR2008080800008.html?nav=rss_sports
Gazette on Everyone Backing Russell, Jr. Up: http://www.gazette.net/stories/08072008/collspo164203_32458.shtml
First of all, kudos to the Post, which had double bylines on Russell, Jr., and zero on Kate Ziegler.
Secondly, It's a darn shame that Capitol Heights boxer Gary Russell, Jr. will miss the Olympics because he couldn't make weight without passing out. Maybe the blame lies with the Olympic coach, and U.S. Boxing's standards to keep Russell, Jr. in Colorado Springs. But Russell, Jr. still should have been able to cut two pounds in a night without almost killing himself.
Even if he passes out, can he still have an opportunity to make weight? Why does this automatically disqualify him? And are there going to be any American athletes left? When in doubt, blame it on the pollution.
He was one of the biggest American hopes in boxing, which is suddenly seemingly **. You've got to feel for his family who "baked cakes every night and his wife, Lawan, sold them in her office the next day to help raise part of the $20,000 necessary for the trip to China." I mean damn.
Like any other athlete, he'll have to wait another four years. Which he doesn't have.
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