Speak Out ... Biased sports coverage
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The Star's sports section is so biased it's hard to find articles without negative twists to anything about Auburn and now about Alabama, too. Recently, Alabama's special-teams coordinator left for Duke. The article was buried in the paper. At about the same time, Auburn's offensive coordinator left. It was plastered on the front of the sports section. When Auburn's defensive coordinator decided to leave for a job at Texas, all heck broke out. Many things are wrong with this kind of sports reporting. I'm sure Crimson Tide fans got tired of reading it; I know Auburn fans did. Things should be kept in perspective and be unbiased. Surely Tide fans would like to know what's going on with their school, too, good and bad. The sports editor wasted the equivalent of three pages telling readers why Kansas is such a great school and describing the poor job our schools are doing at recruiting. You should never lump Auburn's and Alabama's records together. I'm sorry the Southeastern Conference is so good that The Star must go outside the conference for comparisons, but give us something positive rather than waste all of that space on Kansas. If the sports editor and writers were correct in their predictions, Auburn would have been 3-10 and Alabama would have been 11-2 in 2007. That shows the quality of their work. There are many good athletes in many sports at both schools who are deserving but are almost never written about. John Cohn Outspoken atheists are haters. They try to convince us that there is no God or say that Jesus is a fraud because they despise us. Atheists have the right to believe whatever they want, but when they push those beliefs onto believers, the motivation is hatred. Jesus tells us that we cannot serve two masters. He says we will love one and hate the other. Whether you believe it or not, the central messages of Christianity are salvation, restoration and, ultimately, unprecedented joy. Christians reach out to people to share this good news. Outspoken atheists seek to rob people of their hope. They offer no alternative, only misery and despair. Philip Rowe Re "A rude Bible 'expert'" (Speak Out, Jan. 20): I don't know what Bible letter writer Chief Anderson of Ohatchee reads or what church he attends, but the Bible is the only book written without error. Scriptures in the Bible support this. Also, to judge whether an individual is a Christian or not is just plain wrong. Scriptures say not to judge others. Whether letter writer Roy Fields is a Christian or not is between him and the Almighty (God). Adding to or taking away from the Word of God, the Bible, is a sin. It says so in the Book of Revelation. We certainly will be praying for Chief Anderson. Mark E. Hill |
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