True-Sport-Report

World B
• A high school basketball player unintentionally trips an opponent and immediately
stops, turns, and helps the player off the ground, giving up the opportunity to block a
shot that won the game.
• A softball pitcher helps an opponent round the bases on a home run because the batter
is clearly injured after turning back to tag first base.
• Parents in a community organize “free play days” for children to play sport without
coaches, referees, or interfering adults.
• A professional baseball player plays clean throughout the era of heightened steroid use
in the sport.
• An editorial in the San Jose Mercury News cites the fact that fewer than 200,000 of the
nation’s 75 million school-age children ultimately will earn full-ride scholarships for
their athletic prowess, concluding that, “It’s past time for the 99 percent of parents
whose children won’t win college scholarships to reclaim control over youth sport
and bring back sanity and fun to our children’s lives.”
• Fans on both sides of the field cheer as a disabled student who serves as a team manager
is passed the football and races to score a touchdown.
• A star college football player puts his future NFL career on hold to pursue a Rhodes
Scholarship and his goal to become a neurosurgeon.
• When a star high school quarterback learns that his own coach had made a deal with
the opposing team to allow him to set a record in his final high school game, he writes
a letter to the director of the conference requesting that his final pass be omitted
from the conference record book, saying “I would like to preserve the integrity and
sportsmanship of a great conference for future athletes.” His request was granted.
• A major league first base umpire botches a call that would have sealed a perfect game
for the pitcher. The umpire admitted his mistake when he watched a replay of the call
after the game. The next night, the pitcher presented the lineup card to the umpire,
shook his hand, and patted him on the back.
• An Olympic swimmer at the Beijing Olympics asks an official to delay the start of
the heat because an opponent has torn her swimsuit.
• With seconds left in a tie game, a college soccer player kicks a ball out of play
because an opponent is lying on the field hurt.
• Several states institute awards for schools demonstrating consistent good
sportsmanship regardless of their win-loss record.
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