Derek Jeter

Sportsman of the Year. The name alone signifies what is right with baseball. he may be one of very few superstars in the baseball world that has never really had any bad publicity. i hate the yankees, but i am happy to see someone i regard as one of the best all around players of my generation really get the respect he deserves. he has never been linked to them outside of teamates admitting use. i think all athletes should strive to be more like him, than maybe Chad 8 5, or A-Rod. he has earned everything he has gotten.

New Technologies

With the internet, it is easy to find out how people really feel about things on a day to day basis. for athletes the internet is a way to market their name, but also a way for athletes to get into a lot of trouble. the new show Sportsnation on ESPN is a show aimed at what the public thinks. it is based on internet surverys people take regarding news stories in the sports world. this is the best way to find out not what the entire national population thinks, but what true sports fans think. that is why conventional polls on steroid use in sports are not hte best way to find out what people think. if someone is not a sports fan, why would they have an opinion about what athletes do?