Olympic Track Star Lolo Jones Is Back, but on a Bobsled

If you spent any time at all online before and during the 2012 Summer Olympics, it's hard not to remember Lolo Jones. The American hurdler became the London Games' first media darling. Jones' athleticism, the media's obsession with her looks, and her entertaining Twitter posts — often hilarious, self-deprecating or sarcastic — gained her fans and followers by the thousands. The fact that she claimed, at age 29, to be a virgin didn't exactly deflect attention either

Then Jones failed to medal in London, and perception began to turn. She received far more publicity than she deserved, critics said, taking away glory from more deserving female athletes who didn't discuss their sex lives with reporters. She was portrayed as a marketing-obsessed bit of fluffy hype. "For Lolo Jones, Everything Is Image," blared the New York Times headline that August. Read more...