Unfortunate juxtaposition of the year

[Athleticsimaging]

My daily trawl through the nether regions of the internet produced a "What??!!" moment..

Tyson gets one day on DUI, cocaine charges
Rocky Mountain News, CO - 12 hours ago
GAY, FELIX HONORED Sprinters Tyson Gay and Allyson Felix were named the winners of the Jesse Owens Award as the outstanding US track and field athletes of ...

Tyson gets one day in jail
Los Angeles Times, CA - 13 hours ago
Sprinters Tyson Gay and Allyson Felix were named the winners of the Jesse Owens Award as the outstanding US track and field athletes of 2007. ...

[bad hammy]

So how much time did Felix get for winning the award??

[tafnut]

Re: Unfortunate juxtaposition of the year

Tyson gets one day in jail
Los Angeles Times, CA - 13 hours ago
Sprinters Tyson Gay and Allyson Felix were named the winners of the Jesse Owens Award as the outstanding US track and field athletes of 2007.

Aha, we'll need some MattMarriottian analysis here to explain the correlation.

[gh]

If the news had broken differently this morning, these two headlines from the front page could have ended up next to each other:

• German Vaulter Buschbaum To Undergo Sex-Change
• Famed Chiba Ekiden Switches To Mixed-Sex Format