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The Spectacle Blog
If it’s sports, and I write it, it will happen. In the summer of ‘09 I wrote that Andre Dawson and Rickey Jackson should be in the baseball and football Halls of Fame. Both were inducted the next chance available. In the last three Ryder Cups, I have called the winner. (This time I hedged, but wrote that if the Molinari brothers performed decently the Euros would win — but that either way, Tiger would finally produce an excellent record in a Ryder Cup. Both came true.) And now — ta da!!!! — I present you the Sportsman of the Year, Drew Brees! Which is exactly what I wrote yesterday. Of course, if I were more sportsmanlike, I wouldn’t be boasting. So maybe you should ignore this post……
;)
Seriously, Brees really does deserve it. He’s a class act, all the way. Like Cal Ripken, like Archie and Peyton Manning, like Jack Nicklaus, like Bart Starr, but unfortunately like not enough others, he upholds the honor of the game he plays, plays at a remarkably high level, and also gives back to his community in a way that goes far beyond photo ops and check writing (although the checks really are important!). He’s truly a champion sportsman, in every sense of the words!
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john downey| 11.30.10 @ 5:16PM
if an engineer were asked to build a bridge or a bldg. he would prototype it and try it on a small scale to make sure it worked. the u.s. health care should be tried in several regional states and proven to work prior to implementing it nationally. does this ring true for anyone?
thanks
JmsA| 12.1.10 @ 12:50AM
Why not? He's a very good QB, and a good guy who's overcome adversity and comports himself with selfless dignity.
Walt Gilbert | 12.1.10 @ 3:07AM
Just an amazingly skilled human being:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVoqA-LKGb4
Ryan| 12.1.10 @ 8:41AM
Brees cemented himself as my favorite QB of all time the second I saw him holding his son after he won the Super Bowl.
For a few seconds, he was yours to. Yeah, you.
astorian| 12.1.10 @ 10:19AM
Brees WAS a fine selection.
But Andre Dawson does NOT belong i nthe Hall of Fame.
Oldefarte| 12.1.10 @ 1:56PM
It's amazing in this day of POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, that Drew was able to sneak past the likes of Jamarcus Russell, Michael Vick and Vince Young!!!!!!!!!
Oldefarte| 12.1.10 @ 4:47PM
PS: Oh, let's not forget Donovan McNabb [ESPN's favorite QB, PC speaking; which fired Rush Limbaugh for making truthful statements concerning the sports media's glorification of same]!!!!!!!!!!