Loading ...We so often hear the stories about professional athletes and their selfishness when it comes to fans. Case in point: Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
Not only as Big Ben been accused of two separate sexual assaults, it’s recently been revealed that he blew off a Make-A-Wish child with cystic fibrosis.
“First of all, none of this surprises me. Ben is a bad citizen. He doesn’t know how to treat people and he definitely doesn’t know how to handle being the quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers. In my more than 30 years of working in the Pittsburgh sports media, I have never had any player come close to generating as many unsolicited questions from fans as Roethlisberger has. They want to know why he’s such a jackass. And these aren’t just Steelers fans who got turned down for an autograph. It’s men and women from all walks of life,” said KDKA-TV sportscaster John Steigerwald.
This doesn’t mean all athletes’ follow in the footsteps of Big Ben, obviously. In fact, on the other side of the spectrum, we have athletes like New York Giants tight end Kevin Boss.
At a recent autograph signing, Boss made what is seemingly a very simple gesture, but one that rarely happens. And in the process, he gave a family a memory they will never, ever forget.
“While we were waiting for the boys’ picture, my wife was told that one of the women that was there was Kevin Boss’ wife. My wife went over to her and asked if it was possible for Kevin to maybe wait a few minutes until my dad got there and explained that he was fighting cancer. Kevin’s wife spoke with him and he agreed to meet my dad. (Keep in mind that this was now well past the time he was scheduled to leave and that they had already ‘cut off’ the line) When my dad got there, they brought him up to meet Kevin and Kevin stood up to get a picture with my dad (apparently, my dad was to only one he stood up for when taking pictures). It was the first time in quite a while that we have seen my dad really smile,” wrote Scott Stroze.
It didn’t end there either. Later that day, Boss took his gesture to a whole ‘nother level.
After Scott had returned home, he found the Giants tight end on Twitter and sent him a message, thanking him for the time and respect he showed his family and ailing Father. Much to his surprise, Boss once again took the time to acknowledge him and his family.
These are the stories that should be told…the ones that should make SportsCenter. Unfortunately, they tend not to be newsworthy when athletes like Big Ben and Tiger Woods are womanizing. But I guess that’s just the current state of media.
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Dan-Love this article! I was having a bad day after getting two tickets in Manhattan and this totally cheered me up! Great job. ESPN should take note instead of glamorizing these bums who forget they are roll models.
In a year (2010) in which Dallas owner Jerruh Jones will pay $11.5 mil in garuanteed $$$ to #3 WR Roy Williams, the Giants top 3 WR’s will make a combined $1.42 mil…Gotta love having Jerry Reese making the decisions for your orginization …
Someone posted a little news item here the other day that suggested the Cowboys were going to make a play for Atogwe. Any more news on that?
Given the coming uncapped year, I’m certain that Jerruh would make the offer sufficiently large enough to prevent the Rams (who are now faced with the possibility of having to pay for the #1 overall pick) from matching.
Should that come to pass – regardless of whether Jerruh grossly overpays or not – I’d hate to see Atogwe in Dallas. He’s be a huge upgrade over the likes of Hamlin and Sensabaugh.
It is sad that being a human being is so underlooked these days. I’ve always loved Boss, we ALL saw how classy he was during the superbowl run when he took over Shockey’s shoes. Any other young player would’ve acted as if they were king of the damn world.
On another note… I’ve has a Twitter account for over a year and I still don’t know how to leave people tweets…….. I feel like I’m 90 years old, where’d I park the Model T?
The Giants should look into bringing this guy in as a second TE
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/03/13/browns-bail-on-steve-heiden/
Heiden is a great blocker and a decent pass catcher for a #2 te. By season’s end he wasn’t even making the active roster (he got hurt I believe but he still blew).
We need a solid 2 te set to get our running game back on track
Agreed
norm- Yeah I posted that. Nothing on that front yet, but im with you I would hate to see him go there
Just curious:
Why are some of the registered user names displayed as blue links while others are simply black type?
If you enter something in the “website” line of your profile, you name will become a link to that site.
I left out Spoon, and Spikes, intentionally because, while he’s loved on this board, he’s not considered “#1″ caliber outside of it. I was just listing the consensus top candidates, conceding that the ones above them (e.g.- Suh, McCoy, Berry) won’t get close enough for us to make a play for.
For the record, I want us to go after Price for all the reasons norm as elucidated over the past few months. Although, truth be told,I am a borderline-SpoonER (my new word for those who want us to go after Weatherspoon in the 1RD).
lol… Spooner.
I am officially a spooner. I would want price, but when I have a shot at Houston in the second, ill take spoon first thanks
Lamaar Houston is really intriguing, as are Alualu and Johnson. If we went the way of the Spoon in the first, I wouldn’t hate it one bit.
Really, the question of “To Price… or not to Price?” at 15 comes down to how big a gap Reese sees between BP and the DTs like Houston, Jones, Aluala etc. that will likely be available to the Giants in the second.
Looked at another way, if the Giants go into the draft with the intention of making big upgrades at BOTH DT and MLB, Reese may well have to make the following calculation:
Is Spoon + 2nd round DT > Price + Spikes?
Now, if Reese believes that Spikes is not likely to be around at 46, maybe it makes it easier for him to go with the first option. But if he’s convinced that he’s going to have a good shot at Spikes in the second, then I wouldn’t be surprised if he makes the latter choice.