Tyreek Hill brutally mocks Noah Lyles after Olympic champion cancelled race over mysterious 'personal reasons'
Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill has gone on the offensive since American sprinter Noah Lyles dropped out of their proposed 100-meter foot race due to 'personal reasons.'
Lyles, who won gold in the 100-meter dash at the 2024 Paris Olympics, has long been taunted by Hill, an NFL speedster who refers to himself as 'Cheetah.' The 27-year-old track-and-field star ultimately agreed to race the 31-year-old Hill, but has since reneged on that promise, as he explained at the Stagwell's Sport Beach at Cannes Lions on Monday.
'We were very deep into creating the event. In fact, it was supposed to happen this weekend,' Lyles said. 'Unfortunately there were some things, complications, personal reasons that it just didn't come to pass, but we were full on.
'We were gonna have a big event, we were going to shut down New York Times Square and everything, we were gonna have all the billboards for the event, it was going to be a lot of fun.'
Hill, who recently posted a 10.15-second 100-meter performance at the Last Chance Sprint Series, has now responded on social media.
First, the former Super Bowl champion posted the Homer Simpson meme, showing the beloved Simpsons character disappearing into some bushes alongside the caption: '[Lyles] after seeing me race last weekend.'
Hill also posted pictures of himself on a track with a sign reading: 'Noah Could Never.'
He included another comment in a caption: 'I was right.'
As impressive as Hill's second-place finish was at the Last Chance Sprint Series, his time of 10.15 may not be good enough to beat Lyles, who has a personal best in the event of 9.79 seconds.
Hill has undergone multiple surgeries this offseason to correct a wrist injury.
His future with the Dolphins remains uncertain after he appeared to take himself out of a game at the end of the 2024 campaign. However, Hill was among the attendees this week as the Dolphins went through OTAs in Miami.
He's also faced his share of legal problems this offseason.
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Hill still faces a lawsuit from a model and influencer, who claims broke her leg during a football lesson at his house in 2023. More recently, wife Keeta Vaccaro, 33, filed for divorce from Hill a day after cops responded to reports of an 'assault in progress' at the couple's luxury Miami condo on April 7.
He allegedly hurled a laptop onto the floor and was 'aggressive and impulsive' according to Vaccaro's mother Alesia - but police determined that 'no crime was committed'.
In another court filing, Vaccaro said the Dolphins wideout disappeared for several days before returning to their Miami apartment on April 17 to 'unilaterally remove' their four-month-old daughter, Capri.
'The Husband returned to the home and announced that he was taking the baby, over the objections of the Wife who had invited him to spend time with the baby,' says the 'emergency' motion, filed within hours of the latest spat.
'When the police arrived, the police told the Wife that she had no choice except to let the Husband take the baby, and so she did.'
Hill is reported to be the father of as many as a dozen children, including five in the last year alone.
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