I was following the hockey scores, not college hoops last night but Paul tips us to this little nugget:

Oh, and did you see the beginning of the LSU-Kentucky game in Kentucky? Did you notice the ESPN cameraman who lingered just a little too long on the fan holding the "Tim Hardaway Hates LSU" sign? They held the shot for 3 long seconds, at which point the producer and the cameraman realized simultaneously that this was offensive and you got the standard "fast cutaway/fast pullaway." Way to go Kentucky. At least it's impossible for me to think any less of you than I already did.

Lol. Really, my take on that whole Hardaway flap was 1) boy, the media doesn't have much heavy-lifting stories on their plates these days, eh? 2) poor lil Penny. Surely I'm not the only fair-weather basketball follower who originally mistook the two players.

Seriously though, if this recent revelation, or fresh breath of honesty as it was billed in so many circles, is needed to remind some that it's not a QueerEye WillnGrace world afterall, wonderful. Nevermind being politically correct; it's more important to get things correct in a legal sense here to provide a workable framework for growing numbers of families.

Truth is, it really doesn't matter what people believe in their heart of hearts, or what they think. They can keep that, same as now. The Law only trumps your beliefs when they become actions that interfere with somebody else's legal rights. It's a lesson to be learned by different actors and groups throughout this country's history; nothing personal.

Enough words wasted on that one. Besides, don't we all know, if he was still playing and it wasn't just a hypothetical, Hardaway would be playing alongside that teammate, begrudgingly maybe, but of course he'd be there, just like Isaiah Washington somehow found it in himself to show up to the set. That's how change comes, and sometimes it's not pretty and strong language gets used: You keep going for "Correct" -- not politically correct-- and you keep faith that there's still enough people around and coming up to tell the difference.
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*Thanks for noting this, and sorry for your loss.
Maybe it will help them in the long run.(?)