Politically Correct Football

June, 2001

Mark Chmura, former Green Bay Packers tight end, was found not guilty early this year on charges of child enticement and third-degree sexual assault of a young woman in Wisconsin. I watched the entire trial on Court TV and thought the jury acquitted itself honorably and well. When I read the sports columnists of my hometown Chicago newspapers, however, I learned that Chmura was still tainted with guilt despite the jury's decision. It appears that the sports pages--once the last bastion of unabas...