Ex-NFL MVP Alexander taking ‘tour for Jesus’
By JOHN ZENORAP
SPORTS WRITER
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Shaun Alexander fills his days with a mix of the spiritual and physical.
The former NFL MVP is on a nine-city tour speaking at churches, clubs and businesses – anywhere that will let him share his Christian faith. In the meantime, a different kind of faith carries him through a tough workout regimen: That an NFL team in need of a running back will summon him before the 2009 season is up.
…Alexander is hosting a lunch Friday at Hank Aaron Stadium to raise money to send kids to Fellowship of Christian Athletes camps. He’s also involved in programs to teach second- and third-graders how to play chess and prevent kids from dropping out of high school.
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He’s a patriot!
I’m not from the USA and I don’t really understand the “He’s a patriot!” comment.
Is that a compliment or an insult?
What makes the guy a “patriot”?
I thought that chess players as a group would be less prone to glorifying concepts like patriotism that tend to result in divisions and conflicts, sometimes even wars.
“Gens Una Sumus” (We are one family) – The motto of the FIDE
“I thought that chess players as a group would be less prone to glorifying concepts like patriotism that tend to result in divisions and conflicts, sometimes even wars.”
America was born on a battlefield.
Patriotism is something you people not from USA do not understand.
It is only for the strong.
“Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel”
Samuel Johnson
100% applicable to the US of today
I think the initial comment was referring to the Boston football team known as the “New England Patriots” – s/he was hoping to see Shawn would play for that team.
When Shawn was playing for the Seattle Seahawks football team, he was also invloved in promoting chess in schools.