The Sarah Palin of American football is blazing a trail across London in her Jimmy Choo shoes and loving every minute of it. Rita Benson LeBlanc is not merely the youngest, sassiest and sexiest owner of a National Football League (NFL) franchise — the New Orleans Saints — she is also one of the most highly respected of a new breed of American entrepreneur, a young woman making her way in the high-testosterone, high-octane world of elite sport and shattering stereotypes along the way.
Jeff Duncan pointed this article out in his First-and-10 column. And, yes, it gets even creepier. Here's the part Duncan noticed
I met LeBlanc in the lift going up to our interview and, not realising who she was, engaged in some not very subtle (but very charming) flirting. In the 30 seconds it took to get to the seventh floor, she had found out exactly who I was, gently introduced herself, eulogised about the Saints and given me the brush-off. It happened at such speed that it felt like I had been in a head-on collision with an offensive guard. I could not work out whether I was concussed or merely crestfallen.
If Rita Leblanc is the Sarah Palin of football, then does that mean Syed is its Rich Lowry?
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