Gay Sets Straight Record, Too Easy

Anytime sprinter Tyson Gay does something incredible on the track the ensuing headlines are too predictable. They’re filled with double entendres you’d expect to encounter in notes being passed by fourth graders. On Sunday, Gay broke a record for a 200m sprint, but the catch is that it wasn’t on a typical track where the second hundred meters was around a curve. Naturally it produced this headline that was on the front page of ESPN.com for part of the afternoon, as pointed out by LBS tipster Howie. Here it is:

Had to know that was coming. Nothing to this date though beats the headline used two years ago when LSU hired Trent Johnson as their coach. That was classic.