John Riordan: A coaching legend but Bobby Knight lacked human touch
News of Bobby Knight’s passing on Wednesday evening at the age of 83 was greeted widely as not so much a sporting tragedy but rather as a question of how you grapple with the blemishes of a sporting life that achieved so much.
Bobby Knight: Caused pain and joy in equal measure. Pic: Justin Casterline/Getty Images
These are uncertain times and if sport offers up a relatively innocuous way to get submerged by the push and pull of moral ambiguity, it’s difficult to resist.
News of Bobby Knight’s passing on Wednesday evening at the age of 83 was greeted widely as not so much a sporting tragedy but rather as a question of how you grapple with the blemishes of a sporting life that achieved so much.
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