Is there anything more pathetic in sports than a sore loser? Or someone who won't let go. Was watching the MLB highlights last nite & they showed Tampa's Carl Crawford screaming across the dugout at teammate Pat Burrel. The defending AL champion Rays have completely tanked, dropping 12 of 13 to fall out of the pennant race. My dad always said when things are going well it's all autographs & sunglasses. You learn a person's true colors when the chips are down. Perfect example. A running back is chirping about an owed "ass whupping" before a game. His team gets waxed, he contributes nothing and walking off the field when an opponent calls him on his crap, cold cocks the other guy. How many times have we seen Terrel Owens yelling at a quarterback or offensive coordinators when things sour a bit. At the extreme low end, you have a young guy who might get cut from his high school team, get disrespected a bit when he joins the professional ranks and perhaps get challenged by opponents during his career. Then after shoving down everyone's throat on his way to the Hall of Fame, let's all his pettiness, resentment and fear get revealed during his induction speech. We learn that great performance between the white lines is not necessarily an indicator of a great human being.
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Name the last Heisman Trophy winning quarterback to start and win an NFL playoff game so Matt Leinart watching Kurt Warner last season doesn't count.
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