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I think that one problem with the lack of heroes is the instant knowledge we have about anybody and everybody. In the old days, it was never mentioned that players came to games hung over, had affairs, and were generally sometimes rotten people. The sportswriters rode, lived, ate, drank and slept with the teams they covered. They didn't report the negatives. Today, thanks to sites like badjocks, fark and even thi one, we know when a sports figure gets a DUI, is caught out on the town without the spouse, and are acting like a rotten person. But we rarely hear about, for example, Albert Pujoles (spelling?) who work with children that have Downs Syndrome, unless they need a puff piece on ESPN. Those people need to be highlighted, and the others relegated to the back pages of the sports section.
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If after I depart this vale you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost,
forgive some sinner, and wink your eye at some homely girl.
H.L. Mencken
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