Now, a slew of other leaders — former President Bill Clinton; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi; the former Federal Reserve chairman, Alan Greenspan; Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York; Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft; and former Secretary-General Kofi Annan of the United Nations — also told ABC News that Mr. Debat never talked to them for interviews published in the same French publication, Politique Internationale.
PHILADELPHIA—Frustrated with the Eagles’ last-second 16-13 loss to the Green Bay Packers last Sunday, and with quarterback Donovan McNabb’s failure to single-handedly score three touchdowns, prevent two of his teammates from muffing punts, or block any of Green Bay’s field goals, thousands of Philadelphia fans demanded that McNabb win an NFL championship for Philadelphia sometime within the next three weeks.
McNabb, in an interview on “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel,” tells interviewer James Brown that African-American quarterbacks such as himself face added pressure because there are fewer black QBs — and because some still don’t want black athletes playing the position.
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In the interview, McNabb also talks to Brown about playing in Philadelphia, a city known for passionate sports fans who aren’t afraid to criticize the city’s pro athletes.
“Every year I’m part of some criticism,” McNabb tells HBO. “But every day that we go through life, you’re faced with a lot of adversity. Now the answer is how do you handle the adversity. How do you respond?
I wouldn’t say the Onion scooped real life, but those guys seem to have pegged at least the general locus of this week’s football media dust-up.
Method acting is important. I was actually under the weather for the shooting of this video. Tune in next week, when Reid and I attack science in its home: smart people.
