Wednesday, March 4, 2009
It seems as if everyone has a blog these days.
Rosie O’Donnell has been blogging since 2004. MC Hammer’s blog has been active since 2006. Even legendary transvestite RuPaul is in on the blogging game.
Add former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett to that illustrious list.
More than two years after being sentenced to at least three and a half years in prison, Clarett is blogging from prison, hoping to prevent others from making the same mistakes he did as one of football’s brightest prospects.
Clarett, who led Ohio State to the 2002 national championship, spends his days and nights in the Toledo Correctional Institution serving time for aggravated robbery and carrying a concealed weapon.
Since his first post on Oct. 7, Clarett has been updating “The Mind of Maurice Clarett” frequently with the help of family and friends. According to an interview with Clarett’s mother in The Columbus Dispatch, he dictates updates to relatives, who then post the blogs for him. Clarett does not have Internet access in prison.
Somehow the blog escaped media attention for a couple of months. Even if you just skim through a few posts, its obvious Clarett has realized just how much he has lost in such a short period of time. No doubt prison life has had a sobering effect on a man previously known for his monstrous ego.
Check out the blog at www.mauriceclarett.wordpress.com. Here’s an excerpt from Clarett’s first post:
“I will give insight to others about some of the challenges I’ve had and hope to enlighten others so that they will be able to guide themselves better and transcend ignorance. The defects in my character landed me in the position I’m in today. If it wasn’t for family, friends, and self-education I’d probably still be suffering innately. I suffer no more because I make the conscious choice not to.”
HOGLUND CAM
Spring baseball can be downright miserable between the cold, wind and complete lack of sunshine.
The Kansas Athletics Department has a solution for those fans unwilling to brave the elements to watch Kansas play at Hoglund Ballpark.
The Hoglund Ballpark Web Cam, a new feature at KUathletics.com, allows anyone a view from behind home plate at any time. The feature also allows viewers to take control of the camera for a short period of time to view the field from different angles and distances.
SOCCER ANNOUNCES SPRING SCHEDULE
Kansas soccer will begin preparing for the 2009 season on March 28 at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex with a game against Creighton.
The Jayhawks will then travel to St. Louis for two games against Saint Louis University and Marquette on April 4 and return home to face Arkansas on April 11.
Kansas returns to Creighton later — the date, times and opponents have not been announced — for two final spring games.
— — Edited by Heather Melanson
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