HEARTBREAK, FRUSTRATION & TRAGEDY

From Saturday through last night, despite the glee I personally feel about sports with the Ducks, Jets, Giants & Yankees winning, we've seen those incidents that alter your thoughts. When you see a college ballplayer lying on the turf or carted off or hear about even more frightening incidents, you immediately transform from fan to parent. Imagine being Mrs. & Mrs Tebow watching their talented boy Tim against Kentucky lying motionless after getting blasted in the backfield? USC's Stafon Johnson had a barbell crush his throat requiring 7 hours of emergency surgery late Monday into Tuesday morning. How about getting that phone call. Also Monday evening the California Angels clinched the American League West pennant and as they celebrated, you saw the image of fallen teammate Nick Adenhart's jersey in the madness. Nick was killed by a drunk driver in April at the age of 22. This would have been a shining moment for that family, yet, well you get the picture. On a much lesser level we learned this morning that Oregon's stud cornerback Walter Thurmond III was done for the season with a torn up knee that will require surgery. Still, he's a young guy living a dream with legit NFL aspirations who will need his mom or dad to tell him it will be okay. It's amazing how things can sour in the blink of an eye.