From NESN:
Lolo Jones is known for being outspoken on her Twitter account, and has made news there before for showing off a boisterous personality.
On Tuesday, however, the Olympic hurdler went too far with some taunting comments that she made in response to a playful challenge by former Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand.
LeGrand, who is confined to a wheelchair after breaking his neck playing at Rutgers, challenged Jones to a race via tweet. Jones, taking LeGrand's challenge at face value, responded aggressively.
"Get checked for a concussion," she responded. "Clearly, [you've] been hit in the head."
The touchy part, of course, is that LeGrand was indeed hit in the head while covering a kickoff, leaving him paralyzed. He fractured his C3 and C4 vertebrae on the play, and is confined to a wheelchair to this day.
"I had no clue who he was," she later tweeted at a follower. "He challenged me to a race. So I assumed he could actually race."
LeGrand took it all in stride, calling things "all good" from his end. Jones, however, stayed on the defensive and had not publicly apologized to LeGrand as of this writing.
A transcript of the exchange on Twitter is posted below.
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October 03, 2012
She assumed he was a pro football player. This is a dumb news story. Eric isn't hurt by it and took it all in stride.
What a bitch! Just like Serena! Ooh, athletes rule, no they don't. I hope she ends up disabled so she'll know just how mean that is to say to someone and how easy it is to apologize. BTW, I'm sorry for calling you an idiot, you probably really were born that way, probably inherited it from your mommy, maybe she'll end up in a chair, too.
There's nothing wrong with the word but overusing it comes across as being a bit smug...kind of like Lolo Jones. Just something to think about all you angry liberals out there. Hate on. >:)
by: Accutron
I still think what you wrote is nice but maybe you should try being sweet to people like Lolo who may be misunderstood. Hope you get where I'm coming from. :)
Mindie, I know you're just tryin' to help, but think now, where can you find a "stunt titty"?
Thank you for shedding some humour on this silliness. By now...
"lms91464" you are joking right???? "bane110" you are correct, who gives a crap what she says and this article is definitely a joke!! Someone owes me 10 minutes of my life back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Use a muscle other than your tricep. Welcome to Wikipedia.org (googler it) PLUUUUUUUUZZEEEE! YULK, again. That one required, Pepto. :D MUCH BETTER!
Lolo Jones being overly competitive on Twitter+horrible writers=idiots ranting on the internet and eagerly awaiting to attack each other because they've had a bad day and need to blow off some steam. Great.