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Welcome back to another week of the “Sports &
Entertainment Spotlight.” Sadly, for the third week
running (first legendary NFL coach and broadcaster John Madden,
then beloved Golden Girl, Betty White), the S&E world is coming
to grips with the passing of another indelible figure of their
respective crafts — this time comedian,
“America’s Dad” for the ‘80s and ‘90s
(and by all accounts a great person), Bob Saget. It always
strikes me as interesting that one can feel such a sense of loss in
the death of someone whom they have never actually met. In a way,
however, each reached out and forged their own relationships with
their audience, seeded memories and became a part of the
audience’s life story, though it was never a part of theirs.
To paraphrase John Madden himself in his eulogy of his late friend
and broadcasting partner Pat Summerall, you can determine a
person’s life accomplishments in a field by whether you can
still tell the history of that field without reference to that
person. By that measure, Madden, White and Saget all had outsized
accomplishments in spades. For that, we owe them all a debt of
gratitude. For my part, I owe you a debt of knowledge that I intend
to pay back with interest in this week’s Spotlight.
- The New York Giants and New York Jets football teams were
sued by a fan challenging…
