Are There Any Heroes Left In The Sports World?

Posted on August 18, 2007
Filed Under Outreach, Sports |

I just finished reading an article by Scoop Jackson (ESPN columnist) that was entitled, Yes, there are heroes left in the sports world. The article introduced a few inspiring stories of individuals and organizations who want to impact our world through sport. Here is a taste of the end of the article:

So in the midst of corrupt refs; confused commissioners; superstar QBs, pit bulls and felonies; federal investigations; doped-up cyclists; NBA players getting duct-taped and robbed; an NCAA coach trying to cover up a player’s death and so many asterisks floating over baseball that it’s beginning to look like snowfall, there still are some heroes left in sports. They just aren’t in sports.

Read the article. You’ll be glad you did. I’m inspired to take it to the next level.

C.Harv

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2 Responses to “Are There Any Heroes Left In The Sports World?”

  1. FrankieNo Gravatar on August 18th, 2007 6:59 pm

    If you lust after steroids, corticoids, hGH, insulin, EPO, RSR-13 and cow blood, then Nike’s Armstrong is your lab rat.

    Rapist = Nike’s Kobe Btyant is your crook

    Dog fighter = Nike’s Michael Vick

    Steroids and tax evader = Nike’s Baroid Bonds

    Steroids & EPO = Nike’s Marion Jones

    Steroids & Golf = Nike’s paper Tiger

    NFL Philanderer = Tom Brady

    MLB drunk drivers = Tony LaRussa, Josh Hancock, Orlando Cepeda, Esteban Loaisa,
    Vida Blue, et al…

    ESPN/Disney steroid fraud = George Mitchell

    No matter where you look for sport icons–Nike and ESPN own your beliefs. They write the script that naive fans want to read.

    LIVE WRONG! Cheat to win!
    http://www.theonion.com/content/node/51324

  2. scruffysmileyfaceNo Gravatar on September 6th, 2007 6:08 pm

    Okay bud, you want heroes in sports? You want to see the upside instead of the seamy undebelly? Then quit focusing on people like Vick and Bonds, and take a look at some of these guys.
    http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070831&content_id=2181074&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
    I see in your pic of Wrigley, that the day you were there, the Astros were playing. That’s my team (sigh). If you got to go inside and watch the game, you saw Craig Biggio play. If you’re not familiar with him, I’d invite you to check out his stats, and his work with the Sunshine Kids here in Houston. He’s one of the players I know of who are inspiring for the rest of us.
    Yes, there are still heroes in sports. You just have to stop watching the wrong people.

    Just my 2 cents - cool blog, by the way.

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