The Broken: Pistorius Has Inspired and Divided
Pistorius, 26, was accused of shooting to death his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, 29, a model and law school graduate. And we are reminded yet again that it becomes risky to equate sporting accomplishment with heroism and incorruptible behavior.
Sport builds characters, sure, but does it really build character? How can we really expect to know these athletes, when they often give us a kind of fan dance — suggesting but not fully revealing.
The Redeemed: Toledo defensive lineman gives up football to tend to fiancee who has leukemia
Ben Pike is a defensive lineman at Toledo. Or, he was on Toledo’s football team. He has a year of eligibility left, but he’s giving it up to tend to his fiancee, a former Toledo basketball player who battled with leukemia last year and found out on Jan. 25 it had returned.
The Amazing: Woman professional golfer bitten by a Black Widow mid-round, plays through it to shoot 74
For golfers, the only Black Widows we ever encounter are the occasionally soft spikes lost on the driving range, but that wasn’t the case with LET rookie Daniela Holmqvist.
The Swede was playing in a pre-qualifier for the Women’s Australian Open in Yarralumla, Australia when she felt a sharp pain in her leg on the fourth hole. When she looked down, she saw a spider crawling off and immediately the pain became severe.
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After she operated on herself with a golf tee, Holmqvist finished out her round, shooting a round of 74 that left her four shots out of qualifying, but still, she did this after getting bit by a Black Widow during her round!
