Where has all the coverage gone!

     Another professional athlete made headlines off the field again. Sure it wasn’t as major as the “A-Roid” fiasco, but it is still a headline. It’s about damn time we hear something positive about a professional athlete. And what do you know; it’s an about an NFL player!
             Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Santonio Holmes sold the most expensive pair of game used gloves at $70,200. It was the same pair he wore during Super Bowl XLIII, where his game winning catch earned him MVP honors. 
             Holmes didn’t put up the gloves so he could make a hefty check. But he did it for a different reason. He did it for his son. Santonio Holmes III has sickle cell disease, and the elder donated all proceeds of the glove to the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America. 
             For one, this is a great story that goes to show that some NFL players still have a heart. But of course, the negative MLB doping story still makes headway for the day. 
             Why? Well it could be for the fact that A-Rod is a proven superstar whom we have looked up to since his early days in Seattle. Holmes is relatively unknown outside of Pittsburgh. This wonderful sports media world of ours is unique. Unfortunately, sports coverage has become like Hollywood reporting and getting to far into the personal, if not negative coverage of our athletes. We focus heavily into the bad things of what our “heroes” have done, and end up bypassing the good in them.