Sunday, February 07, 2010
NAMBLA Illustrated
Slowly he peeled off his white game pants and pulled a sleeveless undershirt over his head. He squirted white, gooey shampoo into his grey buzz cut and it began running down off his head. All of this he has done hundreds of times since he was a little boy, flinging footballs around fields in Mississippi.
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Next came wide receiver Sidney Rice. Over the course of their one season together, Rice flourished with Favre, with 83 receptions in the regular season and then three touchdown catches last week in the divisional playoff victory over the Cowboys. Rice is 23 and Favre is 40. Rice made Favre young; Favre made Rice grow up. They were good together. Now Rice stood in front of Favre with a towel around his waist and they embraced until Favre dropped his head into the crook of Rice's neck and his eyes welled with tears.
If you follow sports message boards, you've probably already seen plenty of jokes about Tim Latent's SI column, so I won't add any more. Still, no matter what happens tonight, everyone in the country should be thankful that the Saints victory two weeks ago saved us from two weeks of nauseating man love for Brett Favre.
Also, those of us in our forties, those of us old enough to remember when Prince used to be cool, can be thankful that we were spared two weeks of wondering, "My God, is this what turning fifty does to you?"
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If he and Favre end up on the same team, the mentoring will be a beautiful thing, as I'm sure ESPN and SI will never tire of telling us.
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