I really did not like Richard Sherman, because all I ever saw of him was his trash-talking antics.
I am a New England fan, so the image of him taunting Brady from a few years back was all I knew of him. I am not into trash talking, having been a hockey goalie for many years and been exposed to it. I don’t do it to others, and don’t like it when people do it to others.
When I saw his face at the end of the Super Bowl...I just couldn’t dislike him more than I felt pity for him. And seeing him go up to Brady to shake his hand, I realized that, yeah. Okay. There is more to the guy than a fan in an opposing city might be exposed to.
I had thought, after listening to some of the things he said about race in the past, that he bought into the whole race hustler type of mentality. Granted, I only got bits and pieces of what the sports media wanted me to see, so I had to take that into account.
If he did write this, I can respect this man both on and off the field.
And you are right. Funny how we didn’t hear about it on ESPN. How I detest them. (Except for Mike Reiss, who is stellar in his beat coverage of my chosen team and seems to avoid all the BS ESPN is all on board with...)
“because all I ever saw of him was his trash-talking antics.”
That’s called “sports”. Every sport has it. play one sometime. Hell, trash talk is what motivates, it uplifts, it gets sportsmen fired up. Without it you might as well go back to playing checkers.