Despite the police blotters and litigation, not to mention drug abuse, sports always manages to forge stories that make a difference.
Right at the top was the tale of those two Central Washington softball players who carried a Western Oregon opponent around the bases after she'd smacked a home run against them, only to badly injure her leg before she could touch all four bases on her own.
What extraordinary grace and presence.
Imagine the memory the people at that game will have, to carry with them the rest of their lives.
Carlsbad, Ca., my proverbial second home, is also home to two of golf's manufacturing giants, Callaway Golf and TaylorMade.
This past week, TaylorMade took a giant stride past its competitor in the public relations department.
The company presented a trio of Iraq War-veteran amputees with their very own sets of clubs, after fitting the threesome two weeks ago.
The golfers had already been equipped with a prosthetic on their arms which enables them to hold a club.
It didn't take long before they were all sending shots out past 200-yards.
That wasn't all they received. The clubs came with two hours of instruction from one of the foremost swing teachers in the country, Jim Flick.
Way to be TaylorMade.
Due to time and space limitations last week, I was unable to mention a couple of players, coming out of this year's draft, I think will ultimately be successful in the NFL.
Jon Greco, an offensive tackle out of Toledo, was snapped up by the St. Louis Rams in round three.
I recall watching Greco last year on one of those Thursday night broadcasts.
He dominated his opponent to the point I thought I was watching a toreador toy with a bull.
I'd never seen such artistry from an offensive lineman.
My other nominee is Owen Schmitt, a fullback/human blocking machine from West Virginia, who went to Seattle in round five..
He'll be opening holes for Seahawks' tailbacks for the next decade.
Remember the names- Greco and Schmitt.
One other observation about the draft and ESPN is the intriguing co-existence between their two draft gurus.
Mel Kiper Jr. is the grandfather of the draft media-wise.
The native Baltimorean has been doing some aspect of the annual ritual for the network for 25 years.
Now, Todd McShay is being promoted as the new boy-wonder and it appears to be chafing Kiper.
I swear I can see his veins popping when the two are featured together and Mel's expertise is questioned.
Is there really room on one network, even if it is ESPN, for more than one expert on the Draft?
ESPN has shed two other Kiper-types in the recent past in Joe Theisman and Sean Salisbury. Could Kiper be close behind?
