Whine of Week: LeBron shames game by not facing music

From: http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/3298669/

This isn’t Little League and it’s not CYO ball. It’s professional basketball, and when you are the leader of a professional team, there are things you must do. One of them is to stand up after every game, win or lose, and either bask in the glory or take the heat.

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[James:] “It’s hard for me to congratulate somebody after you just lose to them,” he said, the Associated Press reported. “I’m a winner. It’s not being a poor sport or anything like that. If somebody beats you up, you’re not going to congratulate them. That doesn’t make sense to me. I’m a competitor. That’s what I do. It doesn’t make sense for me to go over and shake somebody’s hand.”

So, the NBA is not little league…. Here’s what I don’t understand then: Why should James think that a professional should actually be held to a lower standard of behavior than a little-leaguer? It’s a shame our kids had to see this, but it’s pitiful and embarrassing to see James’ remarks the following day actually trying to justify it.

And the nation’s message in response should be: “It is being a poor sport.”