DeAngelo Hall wanted to race a gold medalist

Posted by Michael David Smith on April 7, 2012, 7:01 AM EDT

Redskins cornerback DeAngelo Hall is both a fast runner and a trash talker, so perhaps this shouldn’t be surprising. But Hall had so much confidence in his speed that an Olympic gold medalist says Hall supplied him a six-figure bet for a footrace.

LaShawn Merritt, the reigning Olympic champion in the 400 meters, said in a Q&ampA at the IMG Academies website that Hall was itching to race him and was extremely confident he’d win.

“D-Hall is a trash talker, so of course he began talking that he could beat me in a race,” Merritt said. “I just won the gold medal so I wasn’t hearing any of it. He was going to place up $ 100,000 against my gold medal. He wanted to do a 40-yard dash, but we settled on the 100-meter. Nothing ever came of it, even though.”

As Sarah Kogod of the Washington Post points out, a gold medal is worth a lot less than $ 100,000, so that’s not a fantastic bet for Hall. More importantly, although Hall is quickly, he’s not Olympic gold medalist quickly. Hall is fortunate nothing ever came of this bet.

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1. flavordave says: Apr 7, 2012 7:05 AM

   DeAngelos mouth surely is quicker then any gold medalist feet.
2. megadethgod says: Apr 7, 2012 7:08 AM

   Its crap like this that makes folks hate the skins. D-Hall, just shut up and concentrate on getting better on the football field. Final time I checked you were not the greatest DB in football.
3. joetoronto says: Apr 7, 2012 7:08 AM

   How this a-hole carved out an NFL profession is beyond me.
4. mempusa says: Apr 7, 2012 7:11 AM

   LaShawn should light him up and tell DHall to maintain his cash
5. theyknowtheyknowtheyknow says: Apr 7, 2012 7:14 AM

   He cAnt even maintain up with Dez Bryant
6. lostsok says: Apr 7, 2012 7:14 AM

   How is this clown NOT on the Jets?

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