I've seen the stories in recent weeks about Lauren Silberman, the first woman in history to register for an NFL regional scouting combine. (She is trying out as a field-goal kicker.) Today, she competes alongside college kickers at the Jets training facility in Florham Park, N.J., for the right to advance to a Dallas super-regional combine in April.
The previous stories about just says that she lives in New York. The Post mentions today that she lives in the East Village. (Not sure what the Post defines as the East Village.)
In any event, Silberman, 28, was a club soccer player at the University of Wisconsin. Plus, she worked on her master's in comparative media studies at MIT, "writing her thesis in 2009 about how athletes use video games to boost their performance."
Here she is talking about the combine ...
5 comments:
Go Lauren! Kick some ass!
It is always fascinating to read about the millionaires and their corporate thporting eventh -
I can kick farther than this chick and I have absolutely no football or soccer training. This was a pathetic publicity stunt by the Jets.
Sorry to hear that she hurt herself and only got off 2 kicks. Doesn't seem like they were good kicks either. She probably should have taken a raincheck rather that effect the chances of the next woman to come along.
I thought the New York Jets has a roster full of women.
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