Wall Road Journal Op-Ed:  Character Counts on the Tremendous Bowl, by Mike Kerrigan (Hunton Andrews Kurth, Charlotte, NC):

Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts and Chiefs working again Jerick McKinnon gave examples of selfless and sportsmanlike conduct. …

With lower than two minutes to go within the recreation and the rating tied, Jerick McKinnon of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs confronted each working again’s dream: nothing however daylight between himself and the tip zone. A landing in Tremendous Bowl LVII would have introduced him particular person renown—kleos, as the traditional Greeks known as it—and certainly each muscle in his rigorously skilled physique needed to interrupt the aircraft of the objective line.

To do this, although, would have given the soccer again to the Philadelphia Eagles with time on the clock, placing the sport within the arms of star quarterback Jalen Hurts. So Mr. McKinnon went into what the Chiefs aptly name “church mode.” He ran to the 1-yard line, took a knee and declared himself down, enabling his staff to run the sport clock right down to a mere eight seconds and kick what grew to become the game-winning discipline objective. By buying and selling private popularity of staff glory, Mr. McKinnon finally achieved much more kleos than a lone landing might have secured.

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After the Tremendous Bowl, perpetually even-keeled Mr. Hurts was requested to explain his emotional state after the heartbreaking loss. His reply—“You both win otherwise you be taught”—proved that stoicism is far more than a disposition to him. The Greek thinker Epictetus, whose physique—however not his thoughts—was born into slavery, was recognized to ask himself nightly earlier than slumber, “The place did I am going improper? What did I do? And what obligation’s left undone?” He knew what occurs in life is nothing. The way you reply to what occurs in life is every part. …

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Op-Eds by Mike Kerrigan:

• God’s Mirth Sanctifies Our Laughter (Apr. 25, 2021)
• My Mother’s Christian Lesson: ‘Supply It Up’ (Could 16, 2021)
• God’s Jigsaw Puzzle Wants Each Piece (July 18, 2021)
• Love, Obligation, And A Good friend’s Dying (Aug. 1, 2021)
• What Saint Dismas Can Educate Us About Good Friday And Easter (Apr. 17, 2022)
• The Blessing Of A Mom’s Love (Could 8, 2022)
• Father’s Day And The Prodigal Son (June 19, 2022)
• What Soccer Can Educate Us About Dying: Fathers Are Fullbacks (Oct. 3, 2022)
• St. Thérèse’s ‘Little Method’ To Heaven — Small Deeds Accomplished With Nice Love (Oct. 16, 2022)
• Presence (Not Presents): The True Present Of Christmas (Dec. 25, 2022)

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