Michele Norris

4시 Michele Norris ‏@michele_norris

The kids whose hearts are broken today...are the adults who will chose whether to support the world of sport in the future

4시 Michele Norris ‏@michele_norris

And when those little ppl grow up you better hope they still love not just the players but the SPORTS they worship now the stands are full

4시 Michele Norris ‏@michele_norris

After all, it's in yr best interest b/c those little people who wear the jerseys and plaster their walls with fave players grow up

4시 Michele Norris ‏@michele_norris

I know ya have to cover Lance Armstrong stories...but when ya can, arm the rest of us w/ stories that remind us what sport is really about

4시 Michele Norris ‏@michele_norris

Those feel good stories will never garner the kind of ratings stoked by Lance Armstrong or Manti Te'O but they will serve their purpose

4시 Michele Norris ‏@michele_norris

Here's my plea for sportswriters, when you can shine a spotlight on heroism on and off the court.

4시 Michele Norris ‏@michele_norris

You see Juwan made a promise to his grandmother that he would get his college degree and he did. THAT is heroic

4시 Michele Norris ‏@michele_norris

My kids practically roll their eyes when Mr Michigan repeatedly tells em how Juwan Howard graduated on time w/ his class after going pro

4시 Michele Norris ‏@michele_norris

We try to point out the athletes who bat to all fields, rally the team when its down, the ones who play thru pain and keep up their grades

5시 Michele Norris ‏@michele_norris

As parents, Mr Michigan and I do our best to point out the great ones when we see them. And by great I don't just mean the standard "stars"

5시 Michele Norris ‏@michele_norris

For all the ink & airtime on pathological athletes, I know there are also heroic men & women who raise the bar each day w/ their dedication

5시 Michele Norris ‏@michele_norris

....but i also know the joy of watching true heroism on the field or the court or in the pool or on the ice.

5시 Michele Norris ‏@michele_norris

I know my job as a parent is to make sure my kids know who REAL heros are

5시 Michele Norris ‏@michele_norris

Heck, pathology is not even in their vocabulary. I don't want it to be in their vocabulary outside of perhaps biology class.

5시 Michele Norris ‏@michele_norris

Little people who don't have the same filters of callouses to shrug this stuff off as human weakness or off-the-charts pathology.

5시 Michele Norris ‏@michele_norris

Little people who tear pictures out of sports illustrated and headlines out of the paper and post them up on their walls and school lockers

5시 Michele Norris ‏@michele_norris

my little people

5시 Michele Norris ‏@michele_norris

The subjects of these stories -- the lyin, cheatin, thugged-up, doped-up, slap yr woman, me me me! athletes are worshipped by little people