ESPN.com recently did an extended feature on Les Miles and his family. The life of a college football coach is typically dominated by the job. Consequently, these coaches are notoriously terrible family men. They simply don’t have the time to do it all. This story from ESPN.com takes a look at how Miles is measuring up as a family man. Here is an excerpt that gives the gist of what this article is all about:
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Bob Costas’ Interview with Jerry Sandusky
[Watch full interview here] Bob Costas has a hard-hitting interview with alleged pedophile Jerry Sandusky. The video above is a small portion of the interview in which Sandusky admits showering with boys but denies any inappropriate contact. Because of the explicit nature of the conversation between Costas and Sandusky, I decided not to embed the full interview in this space. If you want to see the entire interview, you can watch it here. The interview was broadcast earlier this evening on NBC’s “Rock Center.” There are lots of reasons to doubt the truthfulness of Sandusky’s denial, but the most telling one comes near the end of the full interview when…
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Daniel Wallace Debates Bart Ehrman
On October 1 of this year, Daniel Wallace debated Bart Ehrman for the second time over the reliability of the text of the New Testament. The event was held at Southern Methodist University before the largest gathering ever to hear a debate over the New Testament text. A DVD of the event was produced by a film crew using four HD video cameras. It’s just over two hours long, and it really lays out the issues well. A trailer for the video is above. You can purchase the full video from The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts. This is a great resource that you will want to…
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Farewell, NBA
It looks like the NBA has just been blown-up. Unless the courts intervene, we can probably say goodbye to the 2011-2012 season. The NBA Humpty Dumpty is broken apart right now, and all the kings horses and all the kings men are going to be hard-pressed to put him back together again. Here’s the story from The New York Times: Faced with a deal it could not accept, and a negotiating process that had reached a dead end, the National Basketball Players Association elected to disband Monday afternoon, thrusting the N.B.A. into chaos. The prospect of reviving the 2011-12 season now rests with the courts. Read the rest here.
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Amazing Video of Earth from International Space Station
The video above is a compilation of images taken with a low-light camera by the crew of expeditions 28 and 29 onboard the international space station from August to October 2011. I am not sure who put this compilation together, but the original videos are available at NASA’s website.
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Remembering Dick Winters, American Hero
When I think about the definition of leadership, heroism, and bravery, I think about Dick Winters. He was the best of men. I noted earlier this year when he passed away at age 92, but I missed this excellent article about him that came out on Veteran’s Day. I am glad to read it a couple of days late and thought you might want to see it too. Here’s an excerpt:
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David Brooks on Penn State and Evil
On Sunday’s “Meet the Press” David Brooks spoke in a way that you don’t hear very often in mainstream media outlets. He talked about the reality of evil and how few contemporary people have the moral resources to to do the right thing in a difficult situation.
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Circling the Wagons?
The video above is an episode of ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” from 2008. It is a report about off-field crimes committed by Penn State football players. What caught my eye in this report was not the behavior of the players, but the interviews with Coach Paterno and President Spanier. Even back then, there seemed to be a circling of the wagons. The President’s last words were telling. He was not nearly as concerned with the crimes committed as he was with the bad press that Penn State had gotten for their players’ crimes.
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The Dragon’s Tooth on “All Things Considered”
N. D. Wilson is a great writer, and he has a new novel out titled The Dragon’s Tooth. He was interviewed recently on the NPR program “All Things Considered,” and you can listen to the audio below or download it here. [audio:http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2011/11/20111110_atc_08.mp3] The book is fantasy-fiction on the order of C. S. Lewis’ “Chronicles of Narnia.” According to the report, here is what the book is about:
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Penn State and Nebraska Pray Together before Game
The players of Penn State and Nebraska came together at midfield for prayer before today’s game. Nebraska’s running backs coach Ron Brown led the teams, and you can watch it above.