They’re still people, you know. These young men and women you lionize or demonize, depending on the fortunes of the day, they’re people. Kids, in some cases. Did you know E.J. Liddell, the undeserved target of abuse and threats all because Ohio State had a bad day collectively, has three siblings? That his favorite candy is Snickers and he considers himself unbeatable in video games? That he’s so unnerved by snakes that if he sees one in a movie, he checks his bed to make sure nothing is lurking? That he’s still a “student-athlete,” playing basketball for the love of the game, his only “compensation” the entertainment you and I get from watching him? The kind of abuse Liddell was subjected to Friday night after the second-seeded Buckeyes were upset by Oral Roberts is never acceptable, never excusable, and the only good thing about it was the immediate pushback it…
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