"If this is love it breaks my heart"

One of the downsides to covering pro sports, or blogging about it, is that sometimes you have to talk about young men screwing up their lives. (Off the top of my head, it seems the group of said young men is disproportionately black, but that's a gut feeling and not based on any actual statistical analysis.) Case in point: Maurice Clarett.

Ohio State fans were delighted with his breakaway runs. We worried when he got injured, felt stabbed in the back by his accusations of NCAA rule violations, and mostly cynically disinterested when Denver drafted him.

I personally kind of hoped he would get it together and succeed in Denver. I thought it would in a way make up for his off the field actions at Ohio State. Sadly, he was cut there, because of "injuries and other reasons." Maybe he just isn't emotionally mature or physically strong enough to play professional football.

I hope that this story turns out to be false. Even though Clarett ultimately disappointed Ohio State fans, he was a big part of the team's championship season.