Saturday, December 5, 2009

TWO MORE FEET OF WOOD(S)

Yet again, a high-profile star of the sports world has been found seriously deficient in the dimension of morality.

So far as is presently known, and happily, Mr. Woods has not beaten or decapitated a wife or mistress; raped, shot, robbed, or otherwise molested another citizen; while drunk, murdered a person with his car; cheated on exams; accepted bribes; been a junkie; or otherwise emulated too many ESPN Heroes.

Still, it's disheartening when a person one has admired, perhaps idolized, proves to be just another character - pig, rooster, you name it - from the barnyard. I'm happy it never happened to me and attribute the phenomenon to the deterioration in this country of character and of standards. I'm pleased, though, that there are lots of good people in Sportsworld, as Howard Cosell called it.

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