The Hero and the Unknown Soldier
All day, in San Jose, the parents of late NFL star Pat Tillman were seeing their son get the kind of attention he would've hated: his face on CNN, teddy bear memorials, a tribute from the White House.
All day, in Bellaire, Ohio, the grandmother of former high school football star Todd Bates was living with a solitary ache she can barely describe: The boy she raised as her own came back from Iraq in a box, and nobody broke into a newscast to announce his death to the nation.
For two years, I have been pissed of at Rick Rielly and Sports Illustrated after they trashed Barry Bonds for slighting them. Today, Rielly climbed back into people to read list. Rielly pointed out that our best and brightest are getting killed even if they are not NFL stars.
My heart goes out to the Tillman's, the Bate's, and all families who've lost in this stupid war.
3:35:45 PM 
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