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BIZARRE MANTI TE’O TALE VALIDATES MY CYNICAL NATURE






 BY RICK MORRISSEY rmorrissey@suntimes.com
 In my quieter moments, I sometimes wonder why I’m so cynical. Trust me, the
thought always passes, but I have asked myself why I can’t get on board the way
other people can.
Why couldn’t I, a cancer survivor, concentrate on all the good work Lance
Armstrong was doing in the fight against the disease? (Because the money he
raised was built on a steaming pile of lies and syringes.)
Why was I so quick to cast doubt on a 16-year-old swimmer who won an Olympic
gold medal by swimming her final leg faster than the men’s champion did in the
same event? (Because the sport’s dirty history demands doubt.)
Why couldn’t I have celebrated Tim Tebow as a good kid instead of dwelling on
the fact he’s a below-average quarterback? (Because being a good quarterback,
not a Tebowing proselytizer, is sort of the whole idea in the NFL.)


Why couldn’t I trust college-football coaches when so many fans think college
football is just about the greatest thing there is? (Because most of the coaches
turn out to be like the latest snake, new Eagles boss Chip Kelly, late of the
University of Oregon.)
Why do I have to question everything? (You mean like I am right now?)
Then the Manti Te’o story comes along, and my faith in cynicism is renewed.
By now, you’ve likely heard the head-scratching news: Lennay Kekua, the
girlfriend of Notre Dame’s All-American linebacker who died of leukemia in
September — the woman who launched 1,000 heartfelt stories about the grieving
star — never existed. The school and Te’o say he was the victim of a hoax.
It’s a bizarre tale that raises twice as many questions as it answers.
Why did Te’o refer to Kekua as his “girlfriend’’ if the two of them, as Notre
Dame’s athletic director says, had never met?
Why did Te’o’s father say his son and Kekua occasionally met in Hawaii?
If Te’o were so devoted to Kekua, why didn’t he visit her in the hospital or go
to her wake/funeral?
Why did Te’o continue to talk about her publicly after he became aware of the
hoax?
A former teammate told ESPN, that Fighting Irish players knew the woman wasn’t
Te’o’s girlfriend, thought Te’o had met her just once and believed that the
linebacker played along with the story as it became bigger.
Here is what I have come to believe after 30 years of doing what I do: The first
instinct, the instinct not to swallow what is being ladled out to you, is
usually the right one. Especially at places such as Notre Dame, where the
narrative is built on a warm cushion of mythology, never mind the dead football
videographer or the girl who committed suicide after accusing a Notre Dame
player of sexually assaulting her.
I don’t always feel good about the way I am, but I’m glad more often that not
that I am skeptical and cynical. When you view people as human, you’re a lot
less likely to be hoodwinked or disappointed.
I’m not saying I wouldn’t have fallen for the Te’o story. If I had sat down with
him and he had talked about his deceased girlfriend, I would have written that
column without a second thought. And I can’t think of a reason I would have
questioned his story.


I had the opportunity to write about Te’o’s last home game in November, but had
an immediate aversion to it. There was something too much about it. Too many
adoring fans. Too Hollywood an ending. Too Notre Dame. I wrote about the Irish’s
road to the national title game instead.
Why the cynicism? Because I believe we’ve gone so far in building up athletes
that they’re almost unrecognizable as human beings.
Have you ever met someone who is completely honest, loyal, nonjudgmental,
understanding, sensitive, giving, patient, selfless and gracious? Neither have
I. Even the people we most like, appreciate and look up to have their
shortcomings. That’s because they’re human.
But then I hear Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick refer to Te’o as
“the single most trusting human I’ve ever met.’’
Isn’t it funny that whenever a coach, GM or athletic director talks about
someone as “the nicest” or “the smartest” or the something-est, it invariably is
the best player on the team? It’s never the ball boy or the student manager or
the third-string center. Why do we feel the need to heap superlatives on someone
who, because of ­genetics, can jump higher or run faster than other people?
We really, really wanted to believe the story about Te’o’s ­girlfriend, didn’t
we?
Better to approach sports with an arched eyebrow. You’ll save yourself a lot of
pain.

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WHITNEY HOUSTON DEAD ...



Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and
regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage
to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48.

Beverly Hills police Lieutenant Mark Rosen told reporters outside the Beverly
Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles that Houston was pronounced dead at 3.55pm (local
time) on Saturday in her room on the fourth floor of the hotel. Her body
remained there and Beverly Hills detectives were investigating.




Dead at 48 ... Whitney Houston. Photo: AP

"There were no obvious signs of any criminal intent," Rosen said.

Houston's publicist, Kristen Foster, said the cause of death was unknown.

Rosen said police received a 911 call from hotel security about Houston at
3.43pm on Saturday. Paramedics who were already at the hotel because of a Grammy
party unsuccessfully tried to resuscitate the singer, he said.

Top-selling artist ... Whitney Houston bows after performing "I Didn't Know My
Own Strength" at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles, California in
November 2009 Photo: Getty Images

Houston's end came on the eve of music's biggest night - the Grammy Awards. It's
a showcase where she once reigned, and her death was sure to cast a heavy pall
on Sunday's ceremony.

Her longtime mentor Clive Davis was to hold his annual concert and dinner on
Saturday, and a representative of the show said it would proceed.

Producer Jimmy Jam, who had worked with Houston, said he anticipated the evening
would become a tribute to her, and he expected there to be one at the Grammys as
well.

Divorced ... Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown. Photo: Reuters

Houston was supposed to appear at the gala, and Davis had told The Associated
Press that she would perhaps perform: "It's her favorite night of the year ...
(so) who knows by the end of the evening," he said.

Houston had been at rehearsals for the show on Thursday, coaching singers Brandy
and Monica, according to a person who was at the event but was not authorised to
speak publicly about it. The person said Houston looked disheveled, was sweating
profusely and liquor and cigarettes could be smelled on her breath.

Two days ago, she performed at a pre-Grammy party with singer Kelly Price.

Whitney Houston has died, aged 48. Photo: Michael Clayton-Jones

The Reverand Al Sharpton said he would call for a national prayer on Sunday
morning during a service at Second Baptist Church in Los Angeles.

"The morning of the Grammys, the world should pause and pray for the memory of a
gifted songbird," Sharpton said in a written statement.

In a statement, Recording Academy President and CEO Neil Portnow said Houston
"was one of the world's greatest pop singers of all time who leaves behind a
robust musical soundtrack spanning the past three decades".

Star attraction ... Whitney Houston, pictured here singing in 1988, shot to fame
in the Eighties. Photo: Getty Images

"Her powerful voice graced many memorable and award-winning songs," Portnow
said. "A light has been dimmed in our music community today, and we extend our
deepest condolences to her family, friends, fans and all who have been touched
by her beautiful voice."

At her peak, Houston was the golden girl of the music industry. From the middle
1980s to the late 1990s, she was one of the world's best-selling artists. She
wowed audiences with effortless, powerful, and peerless vocals that were rooted
in the black church but made palatable to the masses with a pop sheen.

Her success carried her beyond music to movies, where she starred in hits like
The Bodyguard and Waiting to Exhale.

Whitney Houston was found dead at the Beverly Hilton. Photo: Getty Images

She had the perfect voice and the perfect image: a gorgeous singer who had sex
appeal but was never overtly sexual, who maintained perfect poise.

She influenced a generation of younger singers, from Christina Aguilera to
Mariah Carey, who when she first came out sounded so much like Houston that many
thought it was Houston.

But by the end of her career, Houston became a stunning cautionary tale of the
toll of drug use. Her album sales plummeted and the hits stopped coming; her
once serene image was shattered by a wild demeanour and bizarre public
appearances. She confessed to abusing cocaine, marijuana and pills, and her once
pristine voice became raspy and hoarse, unable to hit the high notes as she had
during her prime.

Mega star ... Whitney Houston Photo: AFP

"The biggest devil is me. I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy," Houston
told ABC's Diane Sawyer in an infamous 2002 interview with then-husband Brown by
her side.

It was a tragic fall for a superstar who was one of the top-selling artists in
pop music history, with more than 55 million records sold in the United States
alone.

She seemed to be born into greatness. She was the daughter of gospel singer
Cissy Houston, the cousin of 1960s pop diva Dionne Warwick and the goddaughter
of Aretha Franklin.

A Beverly Hills police crime lab truck leaves the Beverly Hilton. Photo: AFP

Houston first started singing in the church as a child. In her teens, she sang
back-up for Chaka Khan, Jermaine Jackson and others, in addition to modeling. It
was around that time when music mogul Clive Davis first heard Houston perform.

"The time that I first saw her singing in her mother's act in a club ... it was
such a stunning impact," Davis told Good Morning America.

"To hear this young girl breathe such fire into this song. I mean, it really
sent the proverbial tingles up my spine," he added.

Lieutenant Mark Rosen confirms Whitney Houston's death. Photo: Reuters

Before long, the rest of the country would feel it, too. Houston made her album
debut in 1985 with Whitney Houston, which sold millions and spawned hit after
hit. Saving All My Love for You brought her her first Grammy, for best female
pop vocal. How Will I Know, You Give Good Love and The Greatest Love of All also
became hit singles.

Another multiplatinum album, Whitney, came out in 1987 and included hits like
Where Do Broken Hearts Go and I Wanna Dance With Somebody.

The New York Times wrote that Houston "possesses one of her generation's most
powerful gospel-trained voices, but she eschews many of the churchier mannerisms
of her forerunners. She uses ornamental gospel phrasing only sparingly, and
instead of projecting an earthy, tearful vulnerability, communicates cool
self-assurance and strength, building pop ballads to majestic, sustained peaks
of intensity",

A Beverly Hills Fire Department representative investigates at the loading dock
outside the Beverly Hilton. Photo: AP

Her decision not to follow the more soulful inflections of singers like Franklin
drew criticism by some who saw her as playing down her black roots to go pop and
reach white audiences. The criticism would become a constant refrain through
much of her career. She was even booed during the Soul Train Awards in 1989.

"Sometimes it gets down to that, you know?" she told Katie Couric in 1996.
"You're not black enough for them. I don't know. You're not R&B enough. You're
very pop. The white audience has taken you away from them."

Some saw her 1992 marriage to former New Edition member and soul crooner Bobby
Brown as an attempt to refute those critics. It seemed to be an odd union; she
was seen as pop's pure princess while he had a bad-boy image, and already had
children of his own. (The couple had a daughter, Bobbi Kristina, in 1993.) Over
the years, he would be arrested several times, on charges ranging from DUI to
failure to pay child support.

But Houston said their true personalities were not as far apart as people may
have believed.




"When you love, you love. I mean, do you stop loving somebody because you have
different images? You know, Bobby and I basically come from the same place," she
told Rolling Stone in 1993. "You see somebody, and you deal with their image,
that's their image. It's part of them, it's not the whole picture. I am not
always in a sequined gown. I am nobody's angel. I can get down and dirty. I can
get raunchy."

It would take several years, however, for the public to see that side of
Houston. Her moving 1991 rendition of The Star Spangled Banner at the Super
Bowl, amid the first Gulf War, set a new standard and once again reaffirmed her
as America's sweetheart.




In 1992, she became a star in the acting world with The Bodyguard. Despite mixed
reviews, the story of a singer (Houston) guarded by a former Secret Service
agent (Kevin Costner) was an international success.

It also gave her perhaps her most memorable hit: a searing, stunning rendition
of Dolly Parton's I Will Always Love You, which sat atop the charts for weeks.
It was Grammy's record of the year and best female pop vocal, and The Bodyguard
soundtrack was named album of the year.

She returned to the big screen in 1995-96 with Waiting to Exhale and The
Preacher's Wife. Both spawned soundtrack albums, and another hit studio album,
My Love Is Your Love, in 1998, brought her a Grammy for best female R&B vocal
for the cut It's Not Right But It's Okay.

But during these career and personal highs, Houston was using drugs. In an
interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2010, she said by the time The Preacher's Wife
was released, "[doing drugs] was an everyday thing. ... I would do my work, but
after I did my work, for a whole year or two, it was every day. ... I wasn't
happy by that point in time. I was losing myself."

In the interview, Houston blamed her rocky marriage to Brown, which included a
charge of domestic abuse against Brown in 1993. They divorced in 2007.

Houston would go to rehab twice before she would declare herself drug-free to
Winfrey in 2010. But in the interim, there were missed concert dates, a stop at
an airport due to drugs, and public meltdowns.

She was so startlingly thin during a 2001 Michael Jackson tribute concert that
rumours spread she had died the next day. Her crude behaviour and jittery
appearance on Brown's reality show, Being Bobby Brown, was an example of her sad
decline. Her Sawyer interview, where she declared "crack is whack", was often
parodied. She dropped out of the spotlight for a few years.

Houston staged what seemed to be a successful comeback with the 2009 album I
Look To You. The album debuted on the top of the charts, and would eventually go
platinum.

Things soon fell apart. A concert to promote the album on Good Morning America
went awry as Houston's voice sounded ragged and off-key. She blamed an interview
with Winfrey for straining her voice.

A world tour launched overseas, however, only confirmed suspicions that Houston
had lost her treasured gift, as she failed to hit notes and left many fans
unimpressed; some walked out. Cancelled concert dates raised speculation that
she may have been abusing drugs, but she denied those claims and said she was in
great shape, blaming illness for cancellations.


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