Powerade’s new ad ‘Pause is Power’ with Simone Biles is so good, & so societally timely. 20/10. ?? pic.twitter.com/8sRcE0PXCD
— Beyoncé Of Marketing? (@JunaeBrown) April 14, 2024
The Bishop rebukes a heretic:
Simone Biles is the most decorated gymnast in World Championship history and the greatest gymnast of our time – or any time in history.
She is actually the GOAT.
Why does she need to pretend to be anyone else?
This is your typical step n fetchit tap dancing routine you do to… https://t.co/HAeezJT7Ls
— Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) April 21, 2024
Simone Biles speaks on her husband’s viral interview where he admitted he was “the catch” https://t.co/XsEZabvPjb pic.twitter.com/a9QwYP32v6
— Glock Topickz (@Glock_Topickz) April 17, 2024
(Old proverb: The best marriages are those where each partner believes they got the better deal.)
— Phillip Sheppard, Executive MBA Pepperdine UN 🔥 (@PSheppardTV) April 22, 2024
sab
If Simone Biles thinks her husband was ” the catch” and she caught him, then he is. I am happy for them both.
Baud
You kids and your lingo.
Anne Laurie
@Baud: You gotta admit, though — that’s a great ad!
Baud
@Anne Laurie:
I sometimes feel lightheaded when I get up from the couch, so I have empathy for what she went through.
NotMax
@Baud
“You call that noise
musiclanguage?”//
Anne Laurie
@Baud: Heck, I’ve had (fortunately mild) vertigo all my life — what Simone Biles does on her worst day is as though she’s from a different & superior species, to me!
eclare
@sab:
No, her husband is saying that he was the catch. Not good, at all. He goes on to say that he sees all men as the catch. Pretty sexist.
eclare
@Anne Laurie:
I can get vertigo looking at photographs, I cannot imagine what she does.
NotMax
@eclare
The Catch?
//
eclare
@NotMax:
Gawd that is an assault on the ears.
NotMax
@eclare
A palate cleanser, then. Note that Sullivan blanks on who the act is.
;)
What Have The Romans Ever Done for Us?
The question here is who the hell is Jason Whitlock? And what turned him into a clueless moron? I’ve never heard of him. Simone Biles, I’m familiar with her accomplishments and why she’s famous. She has every right to act like she’s on the same level as Caitlin Clark.
Mousebumples
Her husband (who I refer to as Mr. Simone Biles) was on the Packers last year. I respect their love and admiration for each other.
There was a video of a race (40 yard dash or so) between Simone and one of the young WR. She got off the line fast!
hueyplong
Whitlock, who is fairly well known “round table talking head” to the sports watchers (bettors) of ESPN, is merely applying the extra weight to team sports that has existed in the male sports arena at least since Babe Ruth. For those of us who have spent decades on the traditionally covered sports, what he’s doing is not a surprise, but he forgets that women’s sports has traditionally been the opposite. The megastars have been the individual sport stars seen in the Olympics (and a few subsequent endorsements), while the team sports have been what we used to call red-headed step-siblings to male team sports.
We’re in a transition period, and awkwardness is ensuing as expected. Whitlock will either figure it out or he won’t and someone else will be talking about this particular aspect of the sports world.
You’ll know women’s team sports have “arrived” when someone gets banned for life for tanking games.
SFAW
@NotMax:
No, The Catch.
SFAW
@What Have The Romans Ever Done for Us?:
No, she doesn’t. That’s like saying Pele’ had the right to to act like he’s on the same level as Alexi Lalas. [OK, maybe I’m (relatively) minimizing Clark’s accomplishments, but Biles is known as the Greatest in many more places than the USA.]
SFAW
@hueyplong:
So a lesser-known version of Nate Silver? In other words, known only to a few people in a fairly small “community”?
frosty
This is hilarious (and cute). He swiped her on a dating app and didn’t know who she was! “Gymnast, OK, let’s check this out.”
Here’s her rope climb challenge with her husband. Gymnast vs. NFL.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/simone-biles-rope-climb-boyfriend-jonathan-owens_n_60e07c6ce4b094dd268beff8
hueyplong
@SFAW: That’s a fair characterization.
Had to click on your “catch” link to see whether it was Mays or Dwight Clark.
JML
Whitlock is a wild story. He was a fairly well respected reporter and columnist who went completely off the rails a number of years ago when he decided to appoint himself as the moral arbiter of black athletes and culture and descended into lectures. He also was part of an attempt by ESPN to have a sub-site (much like Grantland) focused around black athletes and proved to be a terrible manager who treated everyone horribly, didn’t do the work and got fired. Since then he’s been part of several start-ups and has essentially re-branded himself as the token right-wing black writer for sports with consistent awful takes on everything and basically embarrassing himself constantly.
Almost every time he pops in and does/says something ridiculous one of his old colleagues will do a piece or make a comment that’s basically “what the hell happened to this guy?!?”
What Have The Romans Ever Done for Us?
@SFAW: It’s not really fair to judge based on international celebrity. Clark is early in her career. And, yes, you’re selling her way short comparing her to Lalas. We’ll have to see how her pro and Olympic career pans out but based on college performance she’s like Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan level.
RevRick
@sab: I used to open some premarital counseling sessions by turning to the bride-to-be and asking her: “So, how did you get him to catch you?” What mattered was not what was said in reply, but how they responded to my off-the-wall question. In healthy relationships there’s a playfulness, while in troublesome ones there’s a deadly seriousness.
The fact that Simone Biles’ husband can say he’s the catch when the world would insist she is tells me that the odds are great for their marriage.
stacib
@JML: I can’t believe I used to like this guy. And, unless he’s from another planet, Olympic women’s gymnastics have been huge since Nadia. If he’s never heard of Simone Biles, and he’s a sports writer, then maybe he’s now in the wrong profession.
Anthony
There’s no reason to use Clark to demean Biles (or vice versa), they do different things, and are at different phases of their careers. Whitlock is a troll.
Eduardo
She is the GOAT, of course. But Mr Biles is a great catch. That video made my morning.
different-church-lady
WHITLOCK: “Nobody knows who Simone Biles is.”
ME: “Who the fuck are you?”
different-church-lady
Another word for the catch is the prey.
UncleEbeneezer
@hueyplong: Whitlock is quite famous for peddling anti-Blackness. Whenever race becomes a topic in sports he always parrots the conservative, anti-Black, bullshit you would hear from your drunk, racist uncle. It’s what he does. And he especially loathes Black Women. So him trying to pull some bullshit with Simone Biles is par for the course.
UncleEbeneezer
@SFAW: Clark is the leading NCAA scorer of all time. Men or Women. That’s GOAT for college basketball. Period. We can stand up for Biles greatness without doing this silly thing where we pretend like Clark didn’t just have one of the most incredible seasons (and four year run) in NCAA history. Even in the Finals loss, she scored thirty damn points! Her stats don’t lie and her excellence is not up for debate. Pitting these two women against each other, who neither one asked us to, is just an exercise in misogyny that is insulting to both of them.
UncleEbeneezer
@Anthony: Thank you! This whole trend of people constantly diminishing Clark’s achievements is just gross. She just broke the all-time scoring record and had a gangbuster season. It’s weird that people are so obsessed with trying to scold anyone who wants to enjoy and celebrate it. We can simultaneously celebrate SC’s incredible season and championship win AND Clark’s incredible season/college career, AND Simone Biles achievements.
hoosierspud
@What Have The Romans Ever Done for Us?: Jason Whitlock used to be a sportswriter for the Kansas City Star about 25 years ago. I read his column and sometimes disagreed with him because he could be kind of out there on occasion. He is now a right wing pundit spouting sexist, fundamentalist views. Bishop Talbot’s Step and Fetchit comment is spot on.
khead
Y’all are close on Whitlock. Whitlock is the Candace Owens of sports talking heads. You know, the imaginary black friend of wypipo who just so happens to speak to whatever grievance said wypipo are upset about on any given day.
Edit – I see UncleEbeneezer got there at #28. Missed it.
Tarragon
Agreed, but only after I looked up who Caitlin Clark is. As a non-interested in sports kind of person I know who Simone Biles is and why she’s famous and important.
Ohio Mom
I follow sports not at all but I know who Simone Biles is. No idea who this Caitlin Clark is however. And not inclined to Google her either.
Taking a break right now from cleaning up after last night’s Seder. Got the various food spills out of the good tablecloth, it’s all downhill from here.
Ruckus
@Anne Laurie:
Just a side line to reality.
A lifelong mild case of vertigo can/will generally get a touch worse as one ages. Take a guess at how I know….
And Simone Biles is one of the most amazing athletes ever.
Ruckus
@stacib:
maybe he’s now in the wrong profession?
MAYBE?
pluky
@Mousebumples: Well the acceleration needed to do the vaults she does is well suited for a 40 yard sprint after all.