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Crying in sports is a hot-button topic.
With emotions running high in the NBA and NHL playoffs this week, crying has come to the forefront of the sports world again.
If you watched the Miami Heat exit after losing the NBA Championship to the Dallas Mavericks Sunday night, you may have caught a glimpse of Chris Bosh collapsing to the floor in a pile of melodramatic tears and snot.
You’d feel sorry for the guy if he hadn’t been such an awkward emotional mess all season. Oh, and the fact that he plays for the Heat helps.
Tears also allegedly rolled down the face of shamed Vancouver Canucks goalie, Roberto Luongo, after he was peppered again by the Boston Bruins in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final. Luongo was given the hook after allowing three goals in the first eight shots of the game, and sobbed on the bench during the 5-1 loss to the Bruins.
Goalies are a flaking bunch, but even a poor performance shouldn’t crank up the waterworks. C’mon champ, you still have Game 7 – if you even get the start.
Don’t get us wrong, crying is part of sports. But in recent years, we’ve seen more bad than good examples. Glen Davis anyone? It seems that these jocks need a reminder.
Here are three situations in which it is perfectly OK to cry in sports:
Winning the Big One
Think Michael Jordan. If one of the thousands of MJ images popping into your head isn’t Jordan sitting with his father, hunched over and crying on the Larry O’Brien Trophy after winning his first title in 1991, you don’t have a soul.
Athletes work their entire lives and sacrifice everything to reach the highest summit in their respective sport. I don’t blame them one bit for shedding a few tears.
The one exception: Roger Federer. Sure, cry it up after you win your first few major tournaments. But does your sixth Wimbledon title really call for Niagra Falls and choked-up interviews?
Losing the Big One
In the same spirit as “Winning the Big One”, losing a big game can give you a pass on the tears. But – and this is a big BUT – you’ve got to earn those tears.
As mentioned above, Bosh was a little misty eyed after losing to the Mavs this week. But, does he really deserve to cry?
The Heat will be contenders for the NBA title for the next four or five years, and it’s not like Bosh has been battling for a shot at glory for 10 or 11 seasons. Maybe if he stuck it out in Toronto and somehow got the Craptors to the finals... but he's played his cards.
If the shoe was on the other foot, and Miami had won, I wouldn’t pass judgment on Dirk or Jason Kidd for letting it all out.
Getting injured
I once broke my ankle trying to block a shot. It hurt so much I wanted to throw up. I didn’t cry, but if I did, and someone made light of it, I would have hobbled over and shown them just how well a one-legged man can do in an ass-kicking contest.
Getting injured sucks, especially when your livelihood depends on it. Athletes have extremely high pain thresholds, so when you do see them wince up and shed a few, you know it has got to hurt.
Hell, even watching some of their injuries make us fans want to put our head in our hands and weep like a child.
With emotions running high in the NBA and NHL playoffs this week, crying has come to the forefront of the sports world again.
If you watched the Miami Heat exit after losing the NBA Championship to the Dallas Mavericks Sunday night, you may have caught a glimpse of Chris Bosh collapsing to the floor in a pile of melodramatic tears and snot.
You’d feel sorry for the guy if he hadn’t been such an awkward emotional mess all season. Oh, and the fact that he plays for the Heat helps.
Tears also allegedly rolled down the face of shamed Vancouver Canucks goalie, Roberto Luongo, after he was peppered again by the Boston Bruins in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final. Luongo was given the hook after allowing three goals in the first eight shots of the game, and sobbed on the bench during the 5-1 loss to the Bruins.
Goalies are a flaking bunch, but even a poor performance shouldn’t crank up the waterworks. C’mon champ, you still have Game 7 – if you even get the start.
Don’t get us wrong, crying is part of sports. But in recent years, we’ve seen more bad than good examples. Glen Davis anyone? It seems that these jocks need a reminder.
Here are three situations in which it is perfectly OK to cry in sports:
Winning the Big One
Think Michael Jordan. If one of the thousands of MJ images popping into your head isn’t Jordan sitting with his father, hunched over and crying on the Larry O’Brien Trophy after winning his first title in 1991, you don’t have a soul.
Athletes work their entire lives and sacrifice everything to reach the highest summit in their respective sport. I don’t blame them one bit for shedding a few tears.
The one exception: Roger Federer. Sure, cry it up after you win your first few major tournaments. But does your sixth Wimbledon title really call for Niagra Falls and choked-up interviews?
Losing the Big One
In the same spirit as “Winning the Big One”, losing a big game can give you a pass on the tears. But – and this is a big BUT – you’ve got to earn those tears.
As mentioned above, Bosh was a little misty eyed after losing to the Mavs this week. But, does he really deserve to cry?
The Heat will be contenders for the NBA title for the next four or five years, and it’s not like Bosh has been battling for a shot at glory for 10 or 11 seasons. Maybe if he stuck it out in Toronto and somehow got the Craptors to the finals... but he's played his cards.
If the shoe was on the other foot, and Miami had won, I wouldn’t pass judgment on Dirk or Jason Kidd for letting it all out.
Getting injured
I once broke my ankle trying to block a shot. It hurt so much I wanted to throw up. I didn’t cry, but if I did, and someone made light of it, I would have hobbled over and shown them just how well a one-legged man can do in an ass-kicking contest.
Getting injured sucks, especially when your livelihood depends on it. Athletes have extremely high pain thresholds, so when you do see them wince up and shed a few, you know it has got to hurt.
Hell, even watching some of their injuries make us fans want to put our head in our hands and weep like a child.
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