LeBron James asks USA swimmer Lauren Perdue to dinner, she turns him down

[Finkelskyhook]

This is old news and as much as I hate the guy it's the media trying to make him look bad. It's kind of pathetic that she aired him out like that. Knowing that he's engaged and has kids why put it on twitter? Seems kind of desperate on her part to get attention from this.

If she was as desperate as the narcissist asking her she'd have held him hostage for 4 months....Then she'd have made her "announcement" on ESPN.

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

This is old news and as much as I hate the guy it's the media trying to make him look bad. It's kind of pathetic that she aired him out like that. Knowing that he's engaged and has kids why put it on twitter? Seems kind of desperate on her part to get attention from this.

If she was as desperate as the narcissist asking her she'd have held him hostage for 4 months....Then she'd have made her "announcement" on ESPN.

I don't know why people are calling her character into question... I hate LeBrinda's guts but if he asks me out to dinner, it would be a highlight I would want to put on twitter or anywhere else for that matter! I would probably say something worse because I don't like him, but she actually said he was JOKING and that it was nothing (whether I believe it or not)... she was happy about the situation and would have joined if not for curfew, she wanted to let people know how excited she was about him picking her to ask (a virtual no one to most everyone)!

[Cman]

This is old news and as much as I hate the guy it's the media trying to make him look bad. It's kind of pathetic that she aired him out like that. Knowing that he's engaged and has kids why put it on twitter? Seems kind of desperate on her part to get attention from this.

If she was as desperate as the narcissist asking her she'd have held him hostage for 4 months....Then she'd have made her "announcement" on ESPN.

TP.

In fairness, I don't think LBJ meant any harm, and I also don't think LPerdue meant any harm by "outing" him on twitter. Its all a non-story in my mind.

[ManUp]

Maybe he was trying to cheat. Maybe he was trying to hang out with a fellow US Olympian, you know a home team thing? Who knows.

[GreenFaith1819]

This is old news and as much as I hate the guy it's the media trying to make him look bad. It's kind of pathetic that she aired him out like that. Knowing that he's engaged and has kids why put it on twitter? Seems kind of desperate on her part to get attention from this.

If she was as desperate as the narcissist asking her she'd have held him hostage for 4 months....Then she'd have made her "announcement" on ESPN.

I don't know why people are calling her character into question... I hate LeBrinda's guts but if he asks me out to dinner, it would be a highlight I would want to put on twitter or anywhere else for that matter! I would probably say something worse because I don't like him, but she actually said he was JOKING and that it was nothing (whether I believe it or not)... she was happy about the situation and would have joined if not for curfew, she wanted to let people know how excited she was about him picking her to ask (a virtual no one to most everyone)!

Fair point.

So the media basically spun this out of proportion is what you are saying?

If that's the case I apologize for my perception that Lauren is at fault.

[Kane3387]

Have you guys read this?

http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/story/_/id/8133052/athletes-spill-details-dirty-secrets-olympic-village-espn-magazine

Basically the olympic village turns into an orgy.

Crazy. I don't think this was innocent.

[Kane3387]

Champkind check PMs.

[GreenFaith1819]

Kane - thanks for post.

I found it a bit odd that the author of the ESPN article would even attempt to compare "Combat Troops" to Olympic athletes.

Olympians are young, supremely healthy people who've been training with the intensity of combat troops for years.

I LOL'd.

I think Combat Troops have a bit more at stake than these athletes.

[Ogaju]

from the look of things Olympian Merritt mayhave started to leave his mark on London too soon because the Beijin gold medallist could not even complete his heat today.

Look, this goes on anywhere you throw a bunch of people together away from home. It happens at business conventions, professional associationn conventions, political conventions and the like. Now you have have young sexy healthy and testosterone laden athletes and you can multiply this by 1000.

Having been part of something similar to the Olympic Village scene, I can only say the organizers are smart to hand out condoms.

[All Star Matt Clement]

oh wow, thought it was pretty innocuous but after reading that column, LeBron probably had an ulterior motive.....

[Kane3387]

Kane - thanks for post.

I found it a bit odd that the author of the ESPN article would even attempt to compare "Combat Troops" to Olympic athletes.

Olympians are young, supremely healthy people who've been training with the intensity of combat troops for years.

I LOL'd.

I think Combat Troops have a bit more at stake than these athletes.

No prob. Troops definitely do. The training regiment would be the only thing that he could compare bc the stakes aren't close for most. Although failure in some countries isn't tolerated. Sadamme used to punish iraqi soccer players when they lost by tying them up and having their feet whipped until they were no longer able to walk.

"Though the tales of punishment were not a closely guarded secret in Iraq, it is only now that many athletes are talking freely about their experiences. A common thread runs through all their narratives. After losing a competition, players and their retinue were taken to the Olympic Committee building, where they were harangued before being transferred to a prison, usually Radwaniya. They often had their heads shaved as a mark of shame and spent the first days in prison without food. Many said they were whipped on their backs, legs and arms by thick metal cables that hung from a wall in the prison and were named after snakes. And if they were offered jobs playing abroad, Uday Hussein demanded a cut of the contract if they wanted exit visas to leave Iraq."
-- The Washington Post, April 24, 2003

"The friendly between Iraq and Kazakhstan ended in a 2-1 defeat for the home team. The Iraqi footballers had flunked a crucial penalty, and they dreaded what Uday Saddam Hussein had in store for them after the final whistle.

"Ahmed Sabat, considered one of the most talented Iraqi soccer players of his generation, told the story of that fateful day six years ago.... 'It was a friendly but we'd lost, and we knew what would happen once the spectators left,' said the 27-year-old...."

'The players and the coach were made to lie down on the pitch,' he explained, 'and Uday's men came and beat us with sticks on our feet and on our backs and punched us to punish us.' 'We suffered in silence. The psychological pressure on the players was enormous, especially when it came to penalties.'"

http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2003/09/20030929-14.html

[Ogaju]

oh wow, thought it was pretty innocuous but after reading that column, LeBron probably had an ulterior motive.....

http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%3Fei%3DUTF-8%26p%3Dlauren%2Bperdue%2Bpic&w=160&h=137&imgurl=www.bing.com%2Fimages%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dlauren%2Bperdue%2Bpic%26id%3D374DE582E034EF9B2AF0B216E64FA40CFFB83D75%23focal%3D2c104c795a00b88cf00ac55fb8d12d57%26amp%3Bfurl%3Dhttp%253a%252f%252fwww.swimmingworldmagazine.com%252fmedia%252fPerdue_Laure.jpg&size=&name=search&rcurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bing.com%2Fimages%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dlauren%2Bperdue%2Bpic%26id%3D374DE582E034EF9B2AF0B216E64FA40CFFB83D75%23focal%3D2c104c795a00b88cf00ac55fb8d12d57%26amp%3Bfurl%3Dhttp%253a%252f%252fwww.swimmingworldmagazine.com%252fmedia%252fPerdue_Laure.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bing.com%2Fimages%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dlauren%2Bperdue%2Bpic%26id%3D374DE582E034EF9B2AF0B216E64FA40CFFB83D75%23focal%3D2c104c795a00b88cf00ac55fb8d12d57%26amp%3Bfurl%3Dhttp%253a%252f%252fwww.swimmingworldmagazine.com%252fmedia%252fPerdue_Laure.jpg&p=lauren+perdue&type=&no=2&tt=114&oid=http%3A%2F%2Fts3.mm.bing.net%2Fimages%2Fthumbnail.aspx%3Fq%3D4874354739118126%26id%3D16337077d117bb4b9a2770b7777650f8&tit=Lauren+Perdue&sigr=16n0rdrla&sigi=16gkl3d9o&sigb=11rbj0mfu&fr=slv8-semlol LeBron's googly eyes says it all

[LooseCannon]

Kane - thanks for post.

I found it a bit odd that the author of the ESPN article would even attempt to compare "Combat Troops" to Olympic athletes.

Olympians are young, supremely healthy people who've been training with the intensity of combat troops for years.

I LOL'd.

I think Combat Troops have a bit more at stake than these athletes.

Eh.  Combat troops are overrated.

[LooseCannon]

oh wow, thought it was pretty innocuous but after reading that column, LeBron probably had an ulterior motive.....

She's a white girl.  Jungle fever, FTW.

[SHAQATTACK]

Frankly Lebron is a homely ol boy, rich and famous or not...  Who looks 47 (per Wade)