The language around suicide has changed, in large part as an effort to remove the attendant shame and guilt associated with the former phrasing. Suicide attempts used to be illegal, and saying someone “committed” suicide carries with it the connotation of criminal activity (i.e., “committed murder”). Suicide survivors…

Man, I just heard Dave Wannstedt yesterday morning (before anyone knew Salaam was dead) on the radio recalling a nice story about talking with him. One of the things Wanny said was that Salaam told him the downside to winning the Heisman trophy was that everyone expected you to then play more football. “The kid just…

Everyone keeps calling them teenage boys. People at Harvard age like anyone else. At the minimum, they are 18 yo MEN , possibly as old as 23-24, ranking 17-18 yo recruits in an organized manner. I’m pretty sure that’s not the face Harvard wants to put on its athletics programs.

Right. Was this offensive and stupid and immature and bad? Yes, all of the above. But this was also the private conversation among a bunch of teenage boys. There’s been no reporting that they acted on any of this or actually did anything. At worst it looks like what we have here is a bunch of douchey bros making…