Posted on 12/05/2006 9:49:05 AM PST by SelectiveJNJ
One of the worst things in sports is when selfishness gets disguised as truth.
Larry Brown will forever contend he wanted to remain the Pistons coach, even though he all but faked his own death to get Detroit to fire him. Under the guise of retirement indecision, Brett Favre will always hold the Packers hostage when truthfully he's praying (a) Green Bay will trade him, or (b) some scientist comes along and freezes him in a cryogenic chamber until 2045, so he can throw 20-plus interceptions a season for the Pluto Packers well into his 70s.
To loosely borrow from Michael Strahan, 10 years ago I didn't know the difference between truth and bull- … er, non-truth. Today I do, but mostly because I'm no longer trying to figure out how to stretch three packs of Ramen noodles into two weeks' worth of meals.
LJ says having a black coach helps -- what do you think?My non-truth detector buzzed violently after watching Kansas City running back Larry Johnson's interview with HBO's "Inside the NFL" last week. Johnson wants us to believe the reason he and Chiefs coach Herman Edwards have a good relationship is because they're both African-American and Edwards understands what it's like to be a young, black male.
(Excerpt) Read more at sports.espn.go.com ...
Can you imagine the uproar there would be if a white student had said the same regarding working for a white coach? I shudder even at the thought.
I don't what's worse, what he said or this article calling him a liar.
Studio Gangster....
She makes an interesting point though. Look at all the players in Cincy who are screwing up left and right under their black coach.
Jemille Hill is a fabulous black female sports writer.
Not me,man !
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