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ith the heat of the summer in full effect, now is a better time than ever to learn how to keep pets safe in the summer heat. A few quick tips from Associate Veterinarian at the Animal Health Clinic of Baton Rouge Timothy Leonards has advice to keep pets cool during the hottest days of the year. Leonards said the most important thing to consider when a dog is in the summer heat is how the heat is dispersed from their small bodies compared to humans’ larger bodies. “We sweat from all over our bodies. Dogs can only sweat through their paws, and the only other way they can disperse the excess heat is through panting,” Leonards said. “You will see really hot dogs drooling excessively and panting really heavily. They aren’t tired, they are just trying to get rid of the excessive heat.” Part of living in the South, especially in Louisiana, is learning to deal with the heat the state is exposed to every summer. Leonards warned that when temperatures start ranging 90 degrees Fahrenheit and above, animals start to experience the effects of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. “At the very minimum, give your animals
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The Women’s World Cup Final was all but over after just fifteen minutes. Many thought the game would be a competitive affair, but the United States Women’s National Team had other ideas, scoring four goals in a quarter of an hour. In fact, the showpiece finale quickly became the Carli Lloyd Show. “It’s been a long journey, my career,” Lloyd said in the team’s post-match news conference. “I’ve had people believe in me, been in my corner from day one. … I’ve dedicated my whole life to this. Everything comes second.” Lloyd struck twice in the opening five minutes, both goals dispatched from close range to give the U.S. an early lead. A miscued clearance allowed midfielder Lauren Holiday to
see LLOYD, page 8
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Hill Memorial holds comic book exhibit tackling race, identity BY RILEY KATZ rkatz@lsureveille.com Dozens of comic book characters are dancing of the page and onto displays at Hill Memorial Library as part of a new exhibit. Graphic Sensibility, the collection of illustrations and comics located at the Hill Memorial Library, aims to make the discussion of race, identity and location more accessible through art. To show off the large collection of graphic art available in the LSU Libraries Special Collections, the library staff and guest curator and associate professor of English Brannon Costello assembled various works ranging many types of visual styles. The overarching theme of the exhibit is made to discuss diversity in illustrated works, Costello said. “The point of the exhibit is to highlight the wide variety of graphic art holdings in the libraries so it is intended to be a wide
range and diverse,” Costello said. The library incorporates comic book illustrations into the exhibit. An entire floor of the exhibition is devoted to diversity in superhero comics, with a dedicated section devoted entirely to the Fantastic Four division of graphic novels. There also is a section of comics highlighting how the South is represented in horror comics and superhero comics. “In the ‘Comics in Southern Fiction’ essay that I wrote, I talk about how the history of race in the superhero and horror genres that are set in the South are used as ways of getting at the fundamental racial tensions in American society more broadly,” Costello said. Accompanying the superhero comics on the lower floor is a section on the upper floor filled with other illustrations including political cartoons. JAVIER FERNÁNDEZ / The Daily Reveille
see COMICS, page 8
Comic books are shown during the Graphic Sensibility exhibit on Monday at Hill Memorial Library.
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Lil Wayne’s ‘Free Weezy Album’ not all fire THREAUXDOWN ZOE GEAUTHREAUX Writer, Photographer This past Fourth of July, the Young Money rapper known as Lil Wayne, or Weezy, metaphorically and temporarily liberated himself from his Cash Money Records and Birdman legal drama with the drop of his latest project, “Free Weezy Album (FWA).” The 15-track album was made available for streaming exclusively on the Jay-Z founded TIDAL subscription-based music service and features notable artists like Wiz Khalifa, Jeezy, Cory Gunz and more. The album cover, which displays the letters “FWA” on fire, gives a little too much credit to the music it contains. The phrase ‘you shouldn’t judge a book by the cover’ comes to mind. Although most of the songs are structured with nice samples and catchy beats, the often unnecessary use of autotune draws away from the emotional potential of some tracks. The first tracks are what hook you in. The impressive quality of Weezy’s rapping in “Glory” gives the album a strong start. Following “Glory,” “He’s Dead” alludes directly to said legal drama when Lil Wayne raps, “Rest in peace to the Cash Money Weezy, he’s dead.” Rest in peace, indeed. Weezy even sounds different from his past album in this declarative track. With song titles like “My Heart
Races On” and “Pick Up Your Heart,” this project feels like a breakup album — and it kind of is. He is obviously hurt by Cash Money and Birdman’s seeming betrayal. It wasn’t just the alleged withholding of money owed to the rapper, but the ending of a close relationship that Weezy believed he shared with Birdman. As the lyrics stray away from the Cash Money conflict, and by the time you reach “I’m that N--a,” the “FWA”s self proclaimed fire begins to dwindle away, with sparks here and there. Honestly, it was hard to pay attention at this point. The tracks “Psycho,” “Post Bail Ballin” and “Pull Up” were disappointing in that there wasn’t anything notable about them. Frankly, they’re just easily forgettable tracks. Overall, I’m glad Weezy is taking a stand against Cash Money and Birdman with “FWA.” However, with only a few interesting songs at the beginning, the rest of the album just wasn’t that engaging. Some tracks on the album blended together without anything to set them apart. The heavy use of autotune attributes to this. If anything, this album is something to listen to while working out. I suspect that we will be seeing more of Lil Wayne in the form of features on other artists’ tracks under the Young Money Entertainment label. Zoe Geauthreaux is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from New Orleans.
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Fans of U.S. soccer cheer in Chicago’s Lincoln Park after a goal by Carli Lloyd during the Women’s World Cup final on Sunday. courtesy of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Fans break the PMAC attendance record at 13,179, supporting LSU gymnastics during the team’s 198.375-195.450 victory against Minnesota on March 6.
SEC Network brings exposure to women’s sports BY MORGAN PREWITT mprewitt@lsureveille.com First team All-SEC junior catcher Kellsi Kloss steps up to the plate with the No. 3 LSU softball team tied, 10-10, with defending national champion and top-ranked Florida in the top of the seventh inning on March 14. On the fifth pitch of the at-bat, Kloss smashes a grand slam over the left field wall and ties the series. The Tigers went on to take the series with a 10-3 win in Game
3, handing the eventual national champion Gators their only conference series loss of the 2015 season. For years, this series would not have earned a spot on a national network. But since the SEC Network first came onto the air in August 2014, women’s sports throughout the conference have gained traction on a national stage as the network broadcasts events that would not have received coverage otherwise. “There are so many great players and so many great stories that are being told now through the SEC Network,” said LSU women’s basketball coach Nikki Caldwell.
see NETWORK, page 7
Women’s sports matter now more than ever SAVE THE PHOTOG JAVIER FERNÁNDEZ Photographer, Writer As many may know, Sunday marked the end of one of the biggest events in women’s sports — the FIFA Women’s World Cup. But I’m not here to talk about how the U.S. destroyed Japan in the final because odds are you watched it with your own eyes. According to Sports TV Rat-
ings, the team’s 5-2 victory over Japan garnered a 15.2 overnight rating, averaging 25.4 million viewers on Fox, “destroying both the 8.6 overnight rating for the USA-Japan final in 2011 and blowing past the 13.3 overnight for the USA-China final in 1999,” according to Sports TV Ratings. Roughly two weeks ago, Sports Illustrated analyst Andy Benoit dismissed women’s sports as “not worth watching.” Besides raising the eyebrows of many fans, celebrities and other analysts, Benoit opened a debate in the middle of the biggest women’s sporting event: Do women’s sports matter?
see MATTER, page 7
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Freshman Simmons brings versatility, will be key for LSU BY JAMES BEWERS jbewers@lsureveille.com Lights shined. Cameras clicked. Reporters shoved recorders and microphones near his face. Ben Simmons didn’t move a muscle of his 6-foot-10, 235-pound frame. The LSU freshman forward has faced the media so many times in just the past three years that it has become old hat for him. It isn’t just his relaxed nature when being bombarded with questions for more than 30 minutes. He also seems to take the attention by the horns, accepting his stardom while remaining modest. But away from the hardwood, Simmons just wants to be like every other student.
“Off the court, I’m just Ben,” Simmons said. “I don’t look at myself as a prospect, No. 1 pick or anything like that. I’m just here to play, have fun and go to school. Perhaps, Simmons will be the No. 1 draft pick by the time June 2016 rolls around, but he’ll need to prove it in just one year at LSU. His versatility could be the springboard that gets his name called first next summer and propels the Tigers to the top of the Southeastern Conference. The Melbourne, Australia, native’s skills are evident, but they also are unusual. It’s difficult to put him in a category or a position group. He’s listed as a forward but considers himself a point forward with capabilities of bringing the ball up the floor and pulling up
from outside. To compare him to Lebron James — a player Simmons loves watching and has played against at James’ Skills Academy — is probably unfair, considering he has yet to play a minute in college basketball. But that may be one of the few players in the NBA today who has similar ability and a true indication of how talented Simmons is. But Simmons doesn’t try to duplicate any one professional, nor does he want to be placed in a box. “Coach [Kevin] Boyle, my high school coach, always told me I’m a player,” Simmons said. “As soon as the ball starts going down the court, it’s just a game, and you just
see SIMMONS, page 7
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LSU freshman forward Ben Simmons (25) addresses reporters during a basketball media session on July 1 in the media room at the LSU basketball practice facility.
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The death penalty fails to deter future crimes, not necessary THE CERULEAN CONCILIATOR JUSTIN DICHARIA Writer Caddo Parish District Attorney Dale Cox stands in front of juries and claims that Jesus Christ of the New Testament directs them to sentence defendants to death as a retaliatory measure for society. Cox, a Catholic, takes a misguided approach to the death penalty, immersed in anger and vengeance. His parish sentences more people to death per capita than any other county in the United States, and Cox doesn’t believe the state properly utilizes the penalty. He said the penalty should be harsher. “I am sorry that Louisiana has adopted lethal injection as the form of implementing the death penalty,” Cox wrote of a man he prosecuted in a memo obtained by The New Yorker. “Mr. Crawford deserves as much physical suffering as it is humanly possible to endure before he dies.” The north Louisiana district attorney holds a twisted interpretation of Jesus’ teachings in the New Testament, taking hyperbole for literal meaning. Cox uses Jesus Christ’s conversation
with Judas where he tells Judas it would be better if he had never been born to defend his position on the death penalty. Jesus Christ’s words to Judas were an exaggeration to discourage scandal and leading people astray, said Father Bob Stine, the pastor at Christ the King Catholic Church on the University’s campus. “It was certainly hyperbole,” Stine said. “Jesus talked about if your eye is the problem, cut it out, or your hand, cut it off. Certainly he didn’t mean that literally. We would have a lot of maimed people. It is hyperbole, an exaggeration to make a point.” Stine explained that the Catholic Church, which justified the death penalty for centuries as a means to protect society from those who wished to destroy it, evolved on the issue in the second half of the 20th century when alternatives arose for capital punishment. The U.S. prison system maintains the capability to hold prisoners for life, keeping them from harming society. The two escaped convicts from New York are a rare exception to the prison system’s ability to keep prisoners secluded. The Catholic Church has taken a cautionary stance on capital punishment based on the lack
of evidence that the death penalty acts as an effective deterrent, different alternatives to the death penalty and the recent use of DNA to prove the innocence and free men and women previously on death row. “So now it’s a question between better and best,” Stine said. “We want to discourage capital punishment because there are alternatives. There are better ways of doing it, but we wouldn’t necessarily condemn a society if they did do capital punishment. We would be saddened, though.” The U.S. justice system should use the death penalty for those men and women whom the system fears will likely escape
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[Left] This chair is a replica of ‘Gruesome Gertie,’ which was an electric chair given its nickname by Louisiana State Penitentiary’s death row inmates. [Above] The prison’s Red Hat Cell Block served as the most restrictive housing for the prison’s inmates but was closed in 1972. and continue to harm society. However, if there indeed is anyone the prison system fears it cannot contain, saying the penalty should be used sparingly is an understatement. The prison system is meant to perform rehabilitation and deterrence of future crimes. The death penalty in a state that has the most citizens in prison per
capita than anywhere else in the nation is clearly not deterring crimes, and the system is failing to rehabilitate those with lesser crimes. Justin DiCharia 21-year-old mass communication senior from Slidell, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @JDiCharia.
LOUISIANA PRISONS FACTS AND FIGURES
. As of June 30, 2014, 94.1 percent of inmates in the adult correctional population were male. . 67.8 percent of inmates in the adult correctional population were black. . 8 percent of adults committed to adult correctional facilities were from East Baton Rouge Parish, 7.3 percent from Caddo Parish, 15 percent from Orleans Parish and 11.7 percent from Jefferson Parish.
. Last person put to death in the state was in 2010, last person before that was in 2002. . 4,781 inmates were sentenced to life in prison. . 85 were sentenced to death. Statistics from the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections
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Quote of the Day ‘Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.’
Soren Kierkegaard philosopher May 5, 1813 — Nov. 11, 1855
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Tuesday, July 7, 2015 MATTER, from page 3 Many people like Benoit, who works for an entity that puts out a swimsuit issue every year dedicated to women who aren’t in sports, seem to think they don’t. I completely disagree. Gender equality in athletics and sports has recently been prioritized, and women’s sports matter just as much as men’s sports nowadays. According to the official website of the Olympic Movement, Olympic.org, women competed for the first time at the Olympics in 1900 in Paris. From a total of 997 athletes, 22 women competed in five sports: tennis, sailing, croquet, equestrianism and golf. With the addition of women’s boxing to the Olympics, the 2012 Games in London were the first in which women competed in all the sports on the program. Since 1991, any new sport seeking to join the Olympics must also have a women’s version of the competition. At the 2012 Games in London, 44 percent of the participants were women. Some analysts argue women don’t draw in enough ratings, but that is mainly because
SIMMONS, from page 3 got to find the open spots.” Not only does Simmons want freedom on the floor, but so does LSU coach Johnny Jones. Because of Simmons’ unselfish nature, Jones is willing to trust Simmons with the ball in his hands in all situations, becoming a facilitator for his teammates. “The last thing you want to do is try and handcuff a player that has the ability to impact the game in a lot of areas,” Jones said. “When you see how unselfish of a player Ben Simmons is, I think that’s one of the reasons that he’s been rated so high. The impact that he’s had on the game is because of his unselfishness. If he was a point forward that handled the ball, who tried to create opportunities for himself all the time, then I think you would have a problem. “He creates easy scoring opportunities for other guys out there. He has a high basketball IQ. The last thing you want to do is to try and put too many limitations on a guy who doesn’t need it.” To create the scoring opportunities, Simmons needs to build chemistry with his teammates, but he’s already done so with freshman guard Antonio Blakeney. The two went to competing high schools in Florida, but through camps and all-star teams, including the Nike Basketball Academy last week, Simmons and Blakeney have already played together several times. The duo’s rapport was a big reason Blakeney decided to head to Baton Rouge. “To me, I could see the potential and how good the team could be,” Blakeney said. “It’s great to come in and play with someone that I already have a good chemistry with. He’s someone who I feel can be the best player in the country.” It remains to be seen if Simmons can reach that status, but
networks and sponsors believe they may end up losing money if they sponsor women’s sports. With the shattering records that the FIFA Women’s World Cup showed, hopefully that will change soon. Even at LSU, public interest has been growing, drawing fans to attend to more female sporting events. LSU gymnastics drew a record crowd to the PMAC this past spring with 13,179 on March 6 against Minnesota, and the softball team sold out Tiger Park in the Super Regional against Arizona. In the fall, the volleyball and soccer teams will be in full swing, and I encourage you to go out there and support our teams because that support fuels their performances and could potentially help us win more national championships. As long as female athletes keep doing well domestically, both at LSU and in the U.S., I believe women’s sports will keep drawing more viewers, proving that women’s sports matter — now more than ever. Javier Fernández is a 26-year-old English senior from Guatemala City, Guatemala. he might have the best chance of any LSU player in recent memory. “Ben is your ideal student-athlete in how he has handled himself over the last several months,” Jones said. “The good thing is he doesn’t allow himself to be distracted in small things. He’s been very focused, and that’s very beneficial for him. He’s going to control the things he has control over, and, those things he doesn’t, I don’t think he has as much concern or worry about.” You can reach James Bewers on Twitter @JamesBewers_TDR.
The Daily Reveille NETWORK, from page 3 “You are seeing young ladies who are making an impact, not just on women’s basketball, but [in] women’s athletics. It allows our fans to see them compete at a high level.” Throughout its first 11 months on the air, the network has showcased the SEC’s depth on the women’s side despite men’s sports typically being the face of the conference nationally. Softball has been a key part of this changing view of the league with the SEC featuring three of the last four national champions and more than half of the 2015 Women’s College World Series field. In the 2015 season alone, the SEC Network broadcasted more than 50 softball games in addition to the 227 games available online through the SEC Network+, including the first round and the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament according to a news release. For the first time, fans were able to connect with individual players by watching them play and develop on a weekly basis. With the expansion of coverage, the sport’s national audience grew and eventually resulted in the most-viewed WCWS Championship Finals in history with an average of 1,912,000 viewers per game tuning in for the best-ofthree series between Florida and Michigan. In the 2015 WCWS alone, four games featuring an SEC team, according to a news release, were added to the record books as one of the 10 most-watched games in the WCWS since 1990, including LSU vs. Michigan in the semifinals at No. 4 with 1,950,000 average viewers. But softball is not the only women’s sport getting expanded coverage on the SEC Network. JULY
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page 7 In its second round of covering volleyball and women’s soccer in the fall, the network will add Wednesday night volleyball and Thursday night soccer games to its weekly schedule, according to a news release. The LSU volleyball team will open its SEC schedule at home against Arkansas on ESPNU on Sept. 23. Throughout the 2015 season, the Tigers will have seven matches broadcasted on the SEC Network. Both of the LSU soccer team’s games scheduled to be broadcasted on the network fall on Thursday nights, with LSU taking on Georgia at home on Sept. 17 before trav-
eling to Arkansas on Oct. 15. Looking back on where women’s sports were during her playing days at Tennessee in the ’90s, Caldwell said she is amazed at how far the coverage has come. “I’ve seen women’s basketball from the ’90s when you only had the Final Four televised on CBS to now seeing 70 games on televisions live,” Caldwell said. “We have so many players from all over the country that not necessarily everyone come and see them play live, but you’re able now to see your daughter … on a national stage.” You can reach Morgan Prewitt on Twitter @kmprewitt_TDR.
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Tuesday, July 7, 2015 Comic books are shown during the Graphic Sensibility exhibit on Monday at Hill Memorial Library.
PETS, from page 1 access to a fan or shade. The fan keeps the air moving, making it cooler,” Leonards said. “Leave enough water outside that it could last up to a day and a half, two days in the event that something unfortunate happens.” Pets with smaller bodies or faces with short snouts are especially at risk to experience issues caused by excessive heat. “They start experiencing issues especially quickly and are poor swimmers,” Leonards said. “If they try to get into the pool to cool off it can be potentially deadly and something we never want to see.” For outside pets in particular, they need stations to cool off. Leonards said he recommends putting a few ice cubes in their water bowls or even putting a wading pan for smaller dogs that they can walk in to cool off when needed. Even though these are good methods to keep pets safe, Leonards said there is no alternative to access to air conditioning. Dogs should not be left outside in the heat for too long unattended, especially smaller ones. While they may be fine for a few minutes at a time, he said to never leave your pet outside for extended periods of time. “There are a variety of factors that affect how long it will take a pet to experience heat-related issues, such as breed and size or temperature
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Dogs’ internal organs can begin shutting down if their body temperatures reach around 108 degrees. outside,” Leonards said. “We have seen people come in with a dog that was in the sun less than half an hour, and, after we take a temperature, his body heat is up to 107 degrees.” Dogs’ internal body temperatures are normal between 101 and 102 degrees, according to a news release by the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine. When body temperature reaches around 108 degrees, internal organs can start to shut down. The LSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital already has seen two fatal cases of heat stroke
this summer, according to the release. Remembering to take pets on walks early in the morning when the pavement is cooler and keeping them out of cars without air conditioning are ways to prevent deaths. On average, the Animal Health Clinic of Baton Rouge sees about two dogs that need to be treated for heat-related issues every month. “We have not seen one yet this summer, which is a number I am happy to report,” Leonards said.
Part of the upcoming “Fantastic Four” film was shot at Hill Memorial Library, making the section dedicated to the party of four relevant to students who are fans of the heroes. Since the recent church shooting in South Carolina, the exhibit becomes more relevant regarding the racial themes in America as the focus on southern morals in comic book history. “The section on comics in the South are relevant to the debates over the official memory of what the Confederate flag stood for,” Costello said. “It talks about the attempt to make a character named Captain Confederacy in the 1980s when Captain America was replaced by a Southerner. It also talks about a more recent series called ‘The American Way,’ an alternate history about there being superheroes during the Civil
Rights Movement.” Costello said comic books make these issues more accessible to the average person because of their prior stigma of being entertaining to children. “People assume that comics are free from politics,” Costello said. “Superhero comics, especially the ones we are talking about, have always been deeply invested in the political arguments of the day, sometimes overtly and sometimes more implicitly. Just the notion of images are a powerful way that help us confront the ways we think about and talk about race.” Graphic Sensibility will be on display at Hill Memorial Library until Sept. 26. The exhibit also will include a symposium on Sept. 22 titled “New Faces Under Old Masks: Race, Gender, and the Future of Superheroes” featuring graphic novel scholars and comic book creators with more details being announced as it approaches.
LLOYD, from page 1 volley in a third U.S. goal in the 14th minute. Two minutes later, Lloyd completed her hat trick in the grandest way imaginable. She spotted goalkeeper Ayumi Kaihori off her line and made Japan pay. Lloyd unleashed her shot from the halfway line. Kaihori backpedaled furiously but couldn’t get a strong enough hand on the ball to divert Lloyd’s effort to safety. “I’ve dreamed of scoring a shot like that,” Lloyd said. “I did it once when I was a little bit younger on the national team in a training environment. But very rarely do you just wind up and hit it. When you’re feeling good mentally, physically, those plays just are instincts and it just happens.” Lloyd further cemented her place as a big-time, clutch performer with said hat trick (the first in Women’s World Cup Final history). She also scored the decisive goals in the Gold medal matches at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. Japan didn’t go away quietly, netting just before the half hour mark and again on a Julie Johnston own goal early in the second half. But midfielder Tobin Heath’s goal in the 54th minute removed any grain of doubt, putting an exclamation point on a dominant performance. When the final whistle blew, the U.S. was able to celebrate its first World Cup title since 1999, becoming the first team to be crowned champion three times.
No matter where life takes No matter where life takes United States’ Carli Lloyd holds her Golden Ball award which was presented after the U.S. defeated Japan to win the FIFA Women’s World Cup soccer championship in you this summer, you this summer, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Sunday. KLSU is spinnin’ up your up your The players collected their it again Sunday on the biggest KLSU is spinnin’ medals, and Lloyd also collected stage of all. the Golden Ball, given to the tour“I don’t think it’s entirely sunk perfect soundtrack 24/7 nament’s best player. She finished in,” Lloyd said. “...I’m so proud perfect soundtrack 24/7 with six goals and an assist, scor- and so zapped at the same time. JONATHAN HAYWARD / The Canadian Press via AP
ing in each round of the knockout stage. Performances like Lloyd’s are rare. What she did is one of those stories you’ll tell your grandkids about — if you’re a sports fan. It’s hard to put into words, but it was one of those times you just knew what you were watching was truly special. It was an all-time great performance on the tail-end of several solid performances. When the U.S. desperately needed a spark going forward in previous rounds, Lloyd stepped up. She did
It’s a surreal moment, and it’s been amazing. We just wrote history today and brought this World Cup trophy home, which is unbelievable. But at the end of the day, I’ve pushed on my status a little bit, and I have to stay up here. Not right away, but I’ll be back to work and back stronger than ever.” Jack Woods is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Ruston, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @Jack_TDR.
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