I'm really beginning to wonder about the great lessons sports can teach our kids.
If it is not the win at all costs and humiliate your opponent as much as possible it is a lesson like this:
"Grand jury hears claims coach abused teen in ’70s" by Michael Rezendes, Globe Staff | March 7, 2010
Bob Oliva built a reputation as a standout coach for the powerhouse basketball team at Christ the King Regional High School in Queens.
Now, however, Sam Albano is cooperating with Boston prosecutors presenting evidence to a Suffolk grand jury that Oliva repeatedly molested his teenage companion all those years ago, while staying at the Sheraton Boston Hotel. And in the aftermath of those allegations, Oliva has resigned from the job he held at Christ the King for 27 years, roiling the New York City high school sports community....
--more--"No, I'm not going out for the team.