OPINION —
THERE ARE WEEKS where I really truly, struggle to come up with something to say in this space.
And there are times when I have to pick which topic to talk about.
This week was more of the latter.
Jerry Sandusky being found guilty; LeBron getting his first ring; Title IX’s 40th anniversary; college football scrapping the BCS and going to a playoff; and cheating athletes finding a way to get off in the court system.
So many topics to talk about and so little space.
I think I will only talk about Sandusky and LeBron this week.
ä Outside of the city of Cleveland, I may be the biggest LeBron hater out there.
I rooted for whoever the Heat were playing in the playoffs and with each series, I became more and more worried he’d actually get a ring.
LeBrick got his ring Thursday evening and now we’ll be hearing about this for months to come. ESPN and the like will not let us forget how awesome he is.
The talk will now center on how many titles James will win and will probably make me hate the national media even more than I already do.
My dislike for James began back in the day when he was playing high school hoops in Akron for St. Vincent/St. Mary’s.
I didn’t like how his mom reacted to former George Junior standout Benson Callier’s block of a LeBron shot and continued when everyone started calling him King James.
The dislike gained steam when James acted like a nut when he made a quote-unquote clutch shot in the playoffs once in a blue moon.
ä As worried as I was about the Miami Heat winning an NBA championship, I was more worried Sandusky would actually be cleared after facing as many as 52 charges of child molestation.
When I heard a large portion of the jury chosen to hear his case had some sort of link to Penn State, I thought a fix was in and Sandusky wasn’t going to pay for his heinous transgressions.
Thankfully, I was wrong and the jury of his peers found him guilty 48 times and he will probably spend the rest of his life in prison.
He deserves much, much worse.
I wish the American justice system was like some w-a-a-a-a-y back in the day when crimes where solved in an eye-for-an-eye mindset.
Agree or disagree? Email Corey J. Corbin at
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