So I was watching 60 minutes tonight and they ran what was supposed to be a touching human interest piece. This famous decorated sports writer, David Kindred, has covered all sorts of sports for decades and now that he's retired, for the past 10-15 years he's been covering his local girls' high school basketball team.
Yea.
As soon as I heard the commercial, I knew this was some bullshit. I just had to watch the story to get the scoop and now I really wish I hadn't. Top terrifying takeaways: 1. This guy has no children or grandchildren associated with the team. I don't even know how or why he just started showing up and chronicling the games. And the fact no one else saw a red flag with that is concerning. 2. Kindred said, "my wife had a debilitating stroke that left her unable to speak or communicate. The [team] had a game that night and after debating it with one of the moms, I went to the game... [later] This is the most important thing in my life, this has brought light into my life." Horrified face 3. He waits in the vestibule of the girls' locker room for quotes. Jumps out of skin 4. Kindred said, "I've written over 500,000 words on them to date, more than any other single sport or team in my career." 5. Since he clearly writes way more than could ever be used for a column, he publishes a bound book complete with pictures of the girls, with all his writing, every year at his own expense. 6. He mentioned his wife exactly twice in this interview-the quote where he left her to go stalk these high school girls after she had a massive stroke, and once when he said she attended the first game with him.
This guy is obviously a pedo. if the FBI looked at his computer, I have no doubt he would go to prison without delay. But because he's a famous sports writer, no one is questioning why a grown, old man would spend hundreds of hours doing for free what he used to do for a pretty penny. No one involved with the team or the girls' parents said hey, this is bizarre. I was watching this broadcast with my family and I mentioned this seemed off and my mom told me I should clean up my mind! Luckily, my great-aunt completely agreed that this guy is a freakshow. But this is how it happens. This is how our girls are harmed and assaulted by people they know. Because people see the warning signs, but they ignore them. They are impressed by fame and swayed by public opinion. They assume an old man-this guy is almost 80- is harmless. You need to be vigilant over your daughters, because creeps like this are counting on you to fall for their kindly old man act. Trust no man, ever, with your daughters.
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