by sumac | May 24, 2013 | Sports Apologies
Golfers Sergio Garcia and Tiger Woods haven’t been getting along for a while. Most recently, at the Players’ Championship in Florida, Garcia complained that Woods had caused a distraction when he was taking a shot. Woods pulled out a golf club, causing...
by sumac | May 3, 2013 | Sports Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
Suppose an enemy apologizes. Not because they’re sorry, but because you’ve threatened legal action, and they’re pretty sure they’d lose. They still hate you. You still hate them. What good is an apology then? In a letter posted on their...
by snarly | May 2, 2013 | Media Apologies, Sports Apologies
So journeyman NBA’er Jason Collins came out as a big gay homosexual in Sports Illustrated, in a beautifully written piece apparently crafted with Franz Lidz. (For some reason, Susan and I both like to give co-writers some credit.) Most of the response to...
by sumac | Mar 22, 2013 | Sports Apologies, Youth apologizes
In Athens, Greece, a 20-year-old soccer player for AEK Athens made a winning goal in a league game against Veria. Pleased, he raced to the sidelines, pulling off his shirt as he ran, faced the crowd, and snapped into a Nazi salute. What? A Nazi salute?...
by snarly | Feb 1, 2013 | Sports Apologies
REALLY, 49ers? REALLY?? On Tuesday night, San Francisco 49ers player Chris Culliver told radio host Artie Lange that he wouldn’t want a gay man on his team. When Lange asked if he knew of any gay players on the Niners, Culliver replied, “No, we...
by snarly | Jan 20, 2013 | Media Apologies, Sports Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
Thanks to transcripts of nights one and two of the Oprance Apology Spectacular provided by the BBC, we now have the tools to analyze fully whether the cyclist has apologized well. Let’s crunch the numbers! Eight uses of the word “sorry,” if...
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