Posted on 08/31/2007 2:00:26 PM PDT by ellenbrewster
Those guffaws floating over Colorado on Sunday morning didn’t come from the comic strips in the newspaper but from the Sports section. With stunning velocity, Denver Bronco Travis Henry is racking up statistics not usually charted in professional sports; he has scored nine illegitimate kids with nine different women.
Henry is outdistanced, however, by former NBA Houston Rocket Calvin Murphy who had 14 out-of-wedlock children by nine women. Of course both are lapped by super-stud and premier athlete Seattle Slew, the Triple Crown winner who begat 1,066.
But in contrast, Slew’s progeny were planned and a source of pride celebrated by enthusiastic owners. Not so for the 23 children from Murphy and Henry’s dalliances. They were unexpected intruders - the offspring of feel-good micro-moments in the lives of men who treat women and sex like a carnival ride.
These youngsters won’t be cuddled and favored by a proud papa. Their unintended arrival makes them little more than irritating monthly support-checks and fodder for stand-up comedians.
It’s not easy being a collateral kid...
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...men who treat women and sex like a carnival ride.
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Takes 2 to tango....
“Takes 2 to tango....”
Yes,
I doubt that these guys spend a lot of time on the front porch swing, sipping their lemonade, and trying to wear down the sweet young things defenses.
Not just sports stars, it is prevalent in parts of “society”. It is past time to start tracking some of these “playuhs” down, and making them face responsibility.
Some of the women don’t even know who they slept with.
Completely untrue. To have the child of a famous professional athlete is a badge of honor in some communities.
They could care less that the child is illegitimate and neglected; and therefore they are perpetuating the cycle of poverty? Compared to the ability to prove that she slept with a star, the inconvenience of such a pregnancy is nothing... to some women.
Not to get off-color, but that is why some "smart" pro athletes only have a**l sex with the camp followers. Since the women WANT to get pregnant, a**l sex is the only way to ensure there will be no child conceived.
Defenses? They’re nymphs.
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