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That Jason Lezak, the Jewiest Jew we know

This is a lesson on how not to write a headline.
We found this on Haaretz.com, an Israeli newspaper. The post is about the USA’s 4×100 team gold medal, anchored by Jason Lesak and started by Michael Phelps:

Um, gulp … was this the intern’s work? (just to be clear: teammates Lezak and Garrett Weber-Gale are Jewish, [...]

And like the US medley team, a great comeback is sometimes aided by a collapse

A hearty congrats to the US 400-meter relay squad. Jason Lezak drove you to the most exciting race we’ve ever seen, shattered the world record, but let’s be honest: If France doesn’t choke, team USA don’t win.
Thus we make a list of some of great comebacks in recent history that, in reality, were collapses:
2007 National [...]

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