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How Oprah ruined the marathon
America's competitive spirit has been wrecked by feel-good amateurs like Oprah whose only goal is to stagger across the finish line.
By Edward McClelland [2007-11-03]

  • Oh Please!

    Oh please!

    Lets have a bit of sanity here. A sport grows from being almost cult-like in it's exclusivity, to being a major national and international pastime. At the elite level, Americans happen to have disappointing results.

    So... blame Oprah!

    Now don't get me wrong - I hate the fat narcissistic heifer as much as anyone, not least for her insane insistence that luck and good fortune do not play any part in any exceptional success.

    But... much as though I'd like to blame her for everything, making her responsible for a lack of fast American marathon runners is ridiculous!

    -- English_roG
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    Saturday, November 3, 2007 02:38 AM
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