The Courage Game

[MsGuy]

ESPN has been promoting a piece about out lacrosse players, to first air today (Sunday, 8/30) sometime. I'm not clear whether it will be a feature segment on Sports Center or, maybe, one of their in depth stories (in a series called "30 for 30.") Or maybe it's a stand alone article & I'm just too ignorant to figure it out from the promos.

The feature is titled "The Courage Game" and seems to be something well worth watching. I'm almost certain it covers, inter alia, Andrew Goldstein and Braeden Lange whose lives intersected in a most remarkable and heart warming way, as set out in this article.

[Guest callipygian]

It aired on SportsCenter here at 9am but replays throughout the day at various times in your region.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNhNrbrr01o

[MsGuy]

Lacrosse Magazine's take on this story.

PS ESPN is running this Sports Center segment with a "warning...may not be suitable for younger viewers" tag.

WTF???

PPS Andrew Goldstein's account of his relationship with Braeden.

[Guest callipygian]

PS ESPN is running this Sports Center segment with a "warning...may not be suitable for younger viewers" tag.

It clearly demonstrates and continues to perpetuate that homophobia in organized sports is still alive and a shameful thing - or so would ESPN like you to think - all the while promoting the story, yet protecting itself from possible hateful and negative feedback at the same time. ESPN is not trying to protect younger viewers from this story - they're trying to protect themselves from potential blowback which might reflect poorly with their 18-49 demographic of .advertisers.

Honestly. ESPN. Get yourself a De-Lorean DMC-12 and be on the right side of something in history. It also could have saved you millions with that embarrassing second go-around you just ended with Olbermann, too.