Monday, February 03, 2020

A Good Sport Is Hard to Find

A Good Sport Is Hard to Find, Especially in the NFL

How many people remember sportsmanship? I remember it and now think of it chiefly as the element missing from contemporary sports. Sportsmanship was once central to tennis. It was notably practiced by the great Australian generation of Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall, Roy Emerson and John Newcombe. Harry Hopman, the Australian Davis Cup coach between 1939 an 1967, might send a player home for cursing on the court. 


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