Seminoles Win ACC Sportsmanship Award for Baseball

Florida State prays before their Regional Championship game against Auburn University.

Congratulations to the 'Noles. Florida State should be proud of their baseball team. They may not have gone to Omaha this year but they played with class and the ACC has rewared them for it with an award for Sportsmanship.

and in a related story...


In sharp contrast to the 'Noles there is Kenny Rogers of the Texas Rangers. After some off the field conflict with Rangers management he decided to take out his frustration on two camera people getting footage of the Rangers' warm up session. What a shame that this image will be all over ESPN, FOX, CNN etc but you won't here a word any sportsmanship award. You might catch a blurb about Warrick Dunn winning the Sporting News' Sportsman of the Year award, but probably not. Shame on Kenny but shame on the media also for their fascination with the negative.

and on another positive note...


Mariano Rivera chats it up with fans.

When we went to Tampa to catch the Yanks in May this was a picture I got of Mariano. While the other players were completing their warm ups (he's the closer so he's got time)he spent his time chatting it up with these teenage kids just hanging out before the game.

So don't be fooled by the major networks. Yes, there is a lot of negative in sports and professional athletes should be held to a high standard because of their influence. But their is a lot of good going on in sports and we shouldn't let the media taint our view of that.

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