McNabb Looks Foolish Compared to Story After His
Those of us who caught HBO's Real Sports program were lucky enough to catch a story about a man who managed to succeed against the odds. And that man certainly wasn't Donovan McNabb.
HBO's piece on McNabb, done by James Brown (who also hosts CBS' NFL Today program) was largely an apologetic piece of fluff. Brown chronicled McNabb's upbringing in the suburbs of Chicago, and how he was one of the few African-Americans in the area. McNabb even detailed the fact he got into a fight or two when he was young. Welcome to childhood, Donovan. Is there anybody who didn't get into fights as a kid? Getting your nose bloodied is part of growing up. McNabb acts like it is a novel concept.
McNabb then went on to spit his drivel about how black quarterbacks have it so much tougher than white quarterbacks, though when asked, he offered no empirical evidence. Maybe Donovan hasn't been paying attention to the treatment of Rex Grossman, or Jets fans cheering when Chad Pennington got injured, or the criticism leveled at Eli Manning on a weekly basis.
That wasn't the only way McNabb came off poorly. In one instance, Brown was narrating over game film about the lack of talent around McNabb. While Brown was doing this, there was a shot of McNabb missing a wide open Kevin Curtis in the end zone by a good seven or eight yards.
McNabb, the man who is one of the highest profile athletes in the country, who does soup commercials and penned a $100 million contract, even admitted that sometimes he wonders, "why me?"
The story that followed made McNabb seem like the quintessential whiny, spoiled, American athlete.
It was about a young man named Lopez Lomong, who was from the African nation of Sudan. When he was six years old, he and the rest of the children from his village were kidnapped by Sudanese rebels, who were going to turn them into child soldiers.
Lomong wound up in one of their camps, and the surroundings were not pleasant. He explained that 100 boys stayed in a single room, with no plumbing, electricity or windows. Boys had little to eat or drink, so they were slowly dying from dysentery.
He and three other boys managed to escape through a tiny hole, and they ran for three days, straight into Kenya, where he spent the next ten years in a refugee camp.
Eventually, after what amounted to winning an essay contest, he was selected to go to America and live in Syracuse, New York, with two white people he had never met before. In essence, he was getting a new family and a chance to start a new life, even though he was afraid of basic things like electricity, which he had never seen before.
Soon, he started to run track in high school, and he wound up at Northern Arizona University, where he recently won national tile in the 1,500 meter race.
Shortly after, Real Sports took him back to his home in Africa. There, he met two brothers for the first time, and saw his mom and dad for the first time in 17 years. They were living in poor conditions, in tiny rooms they called apartments, and if you wanted to use the water, you had to boil it. Nobody had shoes and the road was made of dirt.
Lopez Lomong recently became an American citizen, and he hopes to compete in the Olympics, though his main goal is to bring his brothers to America so they can run.
And if they're lucky, Donovan McNabb can share his sob story. Maybe they'll learn what it's like to really have it tough.
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The only reason Lopez Lomong is such a big deal is because we all want to see a black runner succeed.
McMope needs to shut up. Philly does not like him because he is a consistent loser and whiner! He does not act like a leader, although he proclaims he is one. It is time for KOLB! Move ON Donny, u lil baby!
Wonderful point, Rush.
I agree with the sentiment, but I think that everyone's response "hey, Rex Grossman gets booed too" kind of speaks to his point. The fact that we're comparing 5-time Pro Bowler (and at the time he got hurt, last season's MVP front-runner) Donovan McNabb's treatment to that of Rex Grossman says something about his situation. While I think it's more of a Philly issue than a race issue, I can kind of see him looking at his body of work, looking at his status with the fans, and saying "what the hell?"
Really, I think this is more of a timing thing than anything else. He taped an interview last week and it gets aired after he stinks on a nationally televised game. This is probably a footnote if they win the game and he plays well.
...Exhibit A, 3:09 PM Anonymous.
"I agree with the sentiment, but I think that everyone's response "hey, Rex Grossman gets booed too" kind of speaks to his point."
It's more than Grossman that gets booed. That's life as a QB in the NFL. Too much blame, too much praise.
Of course. I was just reacting to the camp saying "What's he talking about? Grossman and Eli get booed..." are speaking to something. McNabb has had way, way more success than those guys, yet he seems to be grouped in the same boat. I don't have any connection to McNabb, but as an outsider looking at what he's done, it's kind of hard to see where all the hate comes from. As I said, though, I think it's a Philly thing. If something about you rubs some fans the wrong way, you're the enemy, no matter how good you are (see: Schmidt, Mike).
Or, I could proofread and turn that second sentence into English...
I don't think it's really hate, and any animosity probably comes from the fact that although statistically he has produced more than alot of quarterbacks, he hasn't done it when he needed to and then he complains about it when he gets criticized for that, making it a race issue. If Grossman and Manning end up producing the way he has but it doesn't ever amount to anything significant, then I'm pretty sure they will get the same heat.
wait McNabb is black???
He probably should have replaced "black QB" with "Philadelphia QB" and it would have made a lot more sense.
If I find a story sadder than Lomong's, can I call him a spoiled whiny kid?
Since some people are unhappy with the above selection of white QBs, how about mentioning Peyton Manning (you know, the Super Bowl MVP who was the "next Marino", being known as the best player to be a complete loser in NFL history...). Or heck, Brett Favre, one of the five best QBs in the history of the league, who has been told to hang it up by every person and their dog in the last two years. Terry Bradshaw was hated for awhile, as was Steve Young, until they won titles.
"If I find a story sadder than Lomong's, can I call him a spoiled whiny kid?"
Yeah, if Lomong becomes spoiled and whines about his lot in life, then yes, you can.
What a dope. It's not okay to be so loyal to a team or player that you become dumber as a result.
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