definition schlock:
Noun: Cheap or inferior goods or material; trash.
A guy named Josh Schlock on Bleacher Report drew ire from gymnastics fans. Brigid on Facebook called his article “disaster-mongering”:
Injuries have killed the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team in recent Games, especially the women in Athens and Beijing. Now the team has a few injuries that could stand in the way of a gold medal during the London Games as well.
Both the men’s and women’s gymnastics teams have injury concerns that could potentially derail them from their path to gold in London.
If the Americans are going to win a team gold in the Olympics this year, they cannot be stopped by these injuries. …
Bleacher Report – US Olympic Gymnastics Team: Top Injury Concerns Going into London 2012
Bleacher Report is one of the NEW kind of online news sites. The kind with many unpaid “reporters”. 🙂
Actually, Josh — no longer a High School intern — has a point though it’s poorly communicated.
There is a good chance that American Team member(s) will be replaced due to “injury” before competition begins in London. Price or Naddour, for example, might be put into the line-up, if they look good in training.
Couch Gymnast contributor Lauren, a couple of weeks ago, posted this hilarious Bleacher spoof post:
Michaela Maloney – No Shot at Vault Gold [My Bleacher Report Article]
Here’s another article — linked by Yahoo Sports — getting mocked right now:
Which Olympic sport is the hardest? Fourth-Place Medal ranks all 32
Chris Chase wins the 4th place medal for Schlock in Olympic journalism.
Every 4yrs we have to put up with instant experts in Artistic Gymnastics.
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