Lindsey Jacobellis

By now everyone has heard what happened to Lindsey Jacobellis. With a huge lead in the women's snowboardercross she had a gold medal all but wrapped up she got a little cocky and added a little style to her jump by grabbing the board but she wiped out. She was able to get up in time to "win" silver but that move will go down as one of the worst mistakes in sports history.
Immediately the announcer said "dude, she did a method," "she goes down on a showboat trick," and "she tried to put the icing on the cake." Initially she tried to say she did it for stability but later admitted that she got caught up in the moment. She was gracious to come on with Bob Costas and take the heat.
She had what I call a Howard Dean moment. For the rest of her life there probably won't be one night when she goes to bed that she doesn't think of how she blew the gold medal. I feel horribly for her.
Pizza Parlor Derek actually sent me a concialatory text message saying that the incident has made him warm up to her. But she did forget his golden rule: "Never count your chickens before they're in the basket."