by snarly | Jan 26, 2020 | Bropology, Sports Apologies, Youth apologizes
The bicep-enabled young man with the microphone is Charlie, son of Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brad Hall, a walk-on player at Northwestern. He is amusing. But let us take this opportunity to note that his teammate Nathan Taphorn’s unsolicited apology for failing to...
by sumac | Apr 5, 2015 | Sports Apologies
A young phenom, discovered playing football, famous for playing baseball, but really wants to play basketball. What do you call the kid? Not “slut.” Mo’ne Davis is the athletic prodigy from South Philly. (Pronounced Moe-nay.) Coach Steve Bandura discovered the...
by snarly | Jun 3, 2013 | Sports Apologies
I’m the old person. If you are old too, here’s Jay Smooth’s four-year-old explanation of this expression: Dan Devine at Yahoo! Sports addresses a current “no homo” controversy very well, so go read his entire piece. Summary: On Sunday,...
by snarly | May 2, 2013 | Media Apologies, Sports Apologies
So journeyman NBA’er Jason Collins came out as a big gay homosexual in Sports Illustrated, in a beautifully written piece apparently crafted with Franz Lidz. (For some reason, Susan and I both like to give co-writers some credit.) Most of the response to...
by sumac | Feb 26, 2013 | Youth apologizes
It’s nasty to step outside and find racist graffiti in front of your house. When Louis Orr, basketball coach at Bowling Green State University, went out on a Sunday morning and saw the words “WHITE POWER” and a swastika on the sidewalk in front of his home, he...