Monday, July 7, 2008

As BIASED as 1,2,3 !

Helene Elliott in today's (UC)LA Times wrote about the highlights of the U.S. Olympic Track and Field trials. I quote from her article:

1st: "In the women's 200, Los Angeles' Allyson Felix won (200 meters) easily in 21.82 seconds over Lee, winner of the 100 and Felix's former training partner."

2nd: "Gay's crash in the 200 quarterfinals Saturday persuaded Torri Edwards-already on the team in the 100-to give up her spot in Lane 1 of the women's 200 final Sunday."

3rd: "Lolo Jones, commanding in every round of the women's 100-meter hurdles, rode a powerful tailwind to outdistance Damu Cherry and UCLA alumna Dawn Harper and win in 12.29 seconds."

Allyson Felix and Torri Edwards are both USC alumnae, but the biased Ms. Elliott only mentioned Dawn Harper's alma mater. Will the UCLA bias over USC ever end?

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