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tampajag wrote:Surprised to see SH didn't bring this up:
Frustrated and maybe a bit embarrassed, Lauren Silberman fought back tears after kicking her way into NFL history.

Lauren Silberman made big news with her NFL tryout ... that was over in two kicks.
She became the first woman to try out at a regional combine Sunday, but she lasted all of two kicks, none of which traveled even 20 yards. The 28-year-old Silberman hurt her right quadriceps while preparing for the tryout earlier in the week, and attributed her struggles to that injury.

''I tried staying off it and waited for today,'' she said. ''I didn't even take kicks in warm-ups, and, it's pretty hard to know that you'll be in pain, and I wanted to work through it and I certainly tried to, but I just couldn't do it today.''

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/fema ... cks-030313

CAA Flagship wrote:I saw one of her injury-affected kicks.

Grizalltheway wrote:AHEM

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tampajag wrote:

Grizalltheway wrote:AHEM

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It deserved it's own topic

grizzaholic wrote:

tampajag wrote: It deserved it's own topic

It did. GATW is just trying to derail the NASCAR thread.

andy7171 wrote:why would SH post about this. hes not big on the female failing at a male only sport. hell, I bet even he could kick better.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- After the two pathetic and pitiful pseudo-kickoffs, after the stubborn refusal to say how far she'd ever actually kicked a football, Lauren Silberman still could have salvaged her day.

She could have looked at the reporters from the 30-odd media outlets gathered at the New York Jets' facility, stared straight at the 20 television cameras filming this regional scouting combine and said:

"The NFL opened this amazing door for me. I am a young entrepreneur. I have created a product geared toward professional athletes and I would be a lousy businesswoman if I didn't seize this once-in-a-lifetime platform."


But oh no, she didn't say that. She didn't even come close. She insisted she'd trained and over-trained, but she wouldn't say when exactly she first kicked a football. She swore she was better than what she showed Sunday, but wouldn't offer any anecdotal evidence to even suggest that. She crowed that she had done this as an inspiration to women, but didn't offer homage to any female athlete who has not only appeared but achieved in a hitherto man's sport.

Vidav wrote:http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap100000 ... al-combine

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- After the two pathetic and pitiful pseudo-kickoffs, after the stubborn refusal to say how far she'd ever actually kicked a football, Lauren Silberman still could have salvaged her day.

She could have looked at the reporters from the 30-odd media outlets gathered at the New York Jets' facility, stared straight at the 20 television cameras filming this regional scouting combine and said:

"The NFL opened this amazing door for me. I am a young entrepreneur. I have created a product geared toward professional athletes and I would be a lousy businesswoman if I didn't seize this once-in-a-lifetime platform."


But oh no, she didn't say that. She didn't even come close. She insisted she'd trained and over-trained, but she wouldn't say when exactly she first kicked a football. She swore she was better than what she showed Sunday, but wouldn't offer any anecdotal evidence to even suggest that. She crowed that she had done this as an inspiration to women, but didn't offer homage to any female athlete who has not only appeared but achieved in a hitherto man's sport.

DSUrocks07 wrote:Honestly the biggest story out of all of this is that ANYONE can try out for the NFL for only $275.

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SuperHornet wrote:Iola is correct. Hamm DID have a tryout with the Chiefs. I still have no idea why she didn't sign....