Just learned that Guyanese boxers in transit back to Guyana have absconded. Seel the following: http://bit.ly/aTEwzo . How selfish and unpatriotic can you get? Now I can understand someone back tracking after being in dire situations. But as a sports person representing your country, this takes you to another level. How are they ever going to represent Guyana again? Didn’t someone tell them how hard it is nowadays to abscond like that? Finding work would be next to impossible and whatever they find would be very menial and degrading, much worse than their previous status as representatives. I don’t care how the treatment was at home, they had the eyes of the world on them and didn’t think about anything else but themselves. Did they stop to think of all the youngsters who looked up to them? Now those kids are thinking that given the same opportunity they would do the same thing. Did they stop to think of the US would now view Guyanese athletes who happen to pass through their borders? Patriotism has nothing to do with the party in power. Its all about the pride you have for your country. Maybe that is the problem. This is just another hustle, winner takes all.  They have none.

This brings back memories of the soccer players who did the same years ago. None gained prominence. Some even went home dead. All brought shame to the country and Guyanese football never got to the greatness it had the potential to achieve.  I hope these guys are swiftly caught, deported back to Guyana and pay back the millions of Guyanese dollars used to finance their trip.

One thing this illustrates is the willingness of the people of Guyana to sell their birthright for a quick meal like in the bible. As young men, who were their teachers? The people of Guyana, fast emerging as among the world’s most ill disciplined.

So the US advances and will face Ghana. Those of you following me know that I’m rooting for Ghana. Something to do with it being so similar to Guyana. The US post office sent some important documents to that country and I haven’t seen them since. Mixed feelings abound. I live in the US and when they drew with England, I celebrated the tying goal. My problem is what happens if the US wins. Looking at the ESPN page now one sees the problem.

Soccer means nothing to Americans and would fall with a thud if they happen to win the World Cup. On the day of their win, ESPN’s website featured the marathon tennis match that was suspended. Yes there’s mention of Landon Donovan and Germany topping their group but there is no excitement to what’s happening in the Sport. Soccer is what people in other countries live, eat, breath, sleep and yes die for. For Americans its just another sport, one that many despise. When the same excitement is evident in the US and when MLS becomes a true contender like the European leagues and when we start seeing crowds showing up for the games in the US, maybe then I’ll be inclined to root for the team of the country I’ve come to love and currently live in. Until then, I’ll be looking with mixed emotions when soccer mad Ghana faces the US.

So the world has now discovered that the man we know as Tiger Woods is (“gasp”) just another guy! What’s Tiger’s problem being a regular guy? Doesn’t he know he has to be perfect as his game? Doesn’t he know that there are people who look up to his impeccable character on and off the field as a role model for themselves, their children, their company, their world? Why does he have to sink so low?! The nerve of him!!! Yeah right. This is the same guy who has on games and off games. This is the same prodigy who sometimes make amateurs think they can beat him in some games. So we now discovers that like David, thousands of years ago, he has not only one mistress, but quite a few.

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