Go ahead, call
me a real SOB for my inability—or refusal—to forgive and forget. Sports in particular makes me this way.
I don’t forgive
Jerry Reinsdorf for tearing down Comiskey Park to get a publicly funded
ball-mall. I can’t forget what Bud Selig
allowed during his reign as baseball commissioner. I won’t forgive Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens or
Barry Bonds. (Sammy Sosa is a Cub more
than a White Sox, so him I can just forget).
And I can’t imagine why anyone would forgive and forget when it comes to
ex-IU basketball coach Bobby Knight.
Yesterday, Knight
returned to Assembly Hall for the first time in two decades. According to news reports, everyone on hand
pretty much did what I can’t. They
forgave him for the chair throwing; outbursts of vulgarity; and assault allegations
that cost him his job at IU. Fans acted
as if they were part of the Second Coming.
Truly, Hoosiers are a breed apart from the rest of us.
Bobby Knight is
showered with cheers by people who should know better. Rush Limbaugh is awarded the Medal of Freedom
for reasons known but unto President Trump.
Knight has campaigned for Trump.
Connect the dots.
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