the December 23rd issue of Sports Illustrated of last year. The material that was published was an interview with Atlanta Braves pitcher John Rocker. In this Article Rocker used some rather vulgar language. He also made some very negative remarks about the New York subway system. Rocker complained about having to sit with "some kid with purple hair next to some queer with AIDS right next to some dude who just got out of jail for the fourth time next to some 20 year old mom with four kids" (Rockers Arrival). Another example of the negative occurrences in sports was when hockey player Marty McSorley hit fellow hockey player Donald Brashear on the head with a hockey stick, which gave Brashear a concussion. Today in sports there is a large amount of violent attitudes and actions, this example is just one of them. Ken Keiper, the chairmen of the NCAA's Division II baseball, talked about the brawls in major league baseball. Keiper said, " I don't see the mound-charging brawls yet in the youth leagues, but if they continue at the major league level, the kids will emulate them and it will definitely come" (Wilstein B1). Some athletes set good examples by doing good things for others. Deion Sanders is one of these athletes that has done something positive for the people. Sanders gave food, toys, and other goods to the community for an organization called Feed The Children. Sanders said in a brief interview," I'd like to point you to something everlasting. I'd like to give you peace, give you joy, and love" (Baker 1D). He also wanted to remind people that after he gives this food to the people that there will still be hungry people in the world, and it is our job to help these less fortunate people out. Sanders also mentioned how he used to be the bad mouth Deion, but he never really liked that part of him so he changed his ways. Deion spent hours passing out food to the people in his community. Sanders is faithful to his community and he ...
