Let the Lindsey hype begin: Vonn is Sports Illustrated cover girl

Yahoo ^ | February 3, 2010 | Chris Chase

[ConservativeStatement]

Lindsey Vonn is hoping the Sports Illustrated cover jinx doesn't cross international borders. America's great Winter Olympic hope is featured on the front of SI's Winter Olympic preview issue, which hit newsstands Wednesday.

Vonn's semi-provocative pose has drawn the predictable ire from those who claim that it objectifies her. She's an athlete, not a sex symbol, the chorus inevitably reminds us. They have a point in taking issue with SI; the magazine rarely features women athletes on the cover and its annual swimsuit issue has been a focus of protests for decades. But Vonn's cover is different.

[Dead Corpse]

http://popsop.ru/wp-content/uploads/lindsey-vonn_photoshoot_01.jpg

Not guilty!!!!

[plinyelder]

I agree .. These ladies are athletes and should not be considered Sex Objects!

No How .. No Way!

Here's another Athlete.. non sex symbol ..

DANICA PATRICK

[Responsibility2nd]

This thread is useless without pictures.

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This thread is useless WITH pictures.

Now that the pics are out - they are calling this provacative?

I mean, she’s pretty and all, but how is this provacative?

Hoo Boy!

[plinyelder]

Shame on SI

You Decide!

[a fool in paradise]

No burqua. This will cause a protest somewhere if they get their hands on a copy.

[Hacklehead]

“The pic is semi-provocative only to those overexposed to genuine provocative material.”

Next you’ll try to tell us that her brand of ski boots is just a coincidence. :-)

[a fool in paradise]

If that's a provacative pose, then what about this cover?

[Dixie Yooper]

I like Danica and I hope she does better in NASCAR than she did with the faster cars, but she only won 1 race in the few years she was racing. She is not a World Champion like Lindsey Vonn.

[Bob]

The funny thing is ... their minds are right where they accuse everyone else’s of being.

In psychological terms, this very common trait among liberals is known as projection.

[NCC-1701]

She looks a lot like Malin Akerman who played Silk Spectre II in "Watchmen":

[puppypusher]

That young lady would sure give me a reason to learn how too ski.

[Dead Corpse]

Excellent movie. Better than I thought it would have been, but still just a "copy" of the graphic novel.

Ms. Akerman has excellent assets. ;-)

[Armedanddangerous]

Not guilty

[WOBBLY BOB]

Minnesota BucK Hill ping.

[GeronL]

The story never mentions her age. Not that it matters anymore.

[xrmusn]

Nice picture of DP....

That said, imagine the uproar if T Stewart were to pose like that?

I am experiencing slight blindness just conjouring up THAT image....

[rcrngroup]

Nice form! Skiing isn’t bad either!

[SJSAMPLE]

She’s got the body of a twelve year-old boy and the chest to match.

She’s a SIX, at best.

[SJSAMPLE]

And she’s about as much of an “athlete” as she is a “sex symbol”.

[frithguild]

Me likey!!