RealClearSports: Peyton's World Becomes 49ers' Worry

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By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

It all makes sense in a nonsensical sort of way, Peyton Manning deciding to join the Denver Broncos, the only team run by a man who as a quarterback won more Super Bowls than has Manning.

If you get recruited by John Elway, you have an offer you almost can't refuse, and Manning didn't refuse it. Tough luck, Mr. Tebow.

At last the Peyton saga has reached its conclusion...

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RealClearSports: Sports Permanence in Twitter Generation

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By Art Spander
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Was it always this way, American sports and the 10-second attention span? Did we ever stay focused on anyone or anything before the next news cycle? Another Tweet, another change of subjects.

The end of last football season someone discovered Denver had a quarterback who threw like a man tossing melons but because Tim Tebow could run, Tebowmania was upon us like an elephant crashing through a jungle, unstoppable.

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RealClearSports: Tebow, From Denver to Jerusalem

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By Art Spander
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The Thursday morning ESPN special devoted to the man was acceptable. The AOL article that his winning touchdown pass was illegal was understandable. But when a writer for the Jerusalem Post feels compelled to point out Jews shouldn't be afraid of Tim Tebow's displays of Christianity, you ask, "What next?"

A psychological analysis of Tebow by some doctor in Vienna - Austria, that is, not Virginia? An instructional video on how to throw wobbly passes?

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RealClearSports: Good News in Sports? Tim Tebow

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By Art Spander
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He’s cured cancer? He’s overthrown the Castro government? He’s solved the Euro crisis? He hasn’t? You mean all Tim Tebow has done is play football, and maybe knelt down a few times?

And because of that he’s despised by one segment of society and idolized by another? And ESPN keeps talking about him and showing him for hours on end? Amazing. Understandable.

He’s easier on the conscience than Penn State...

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RealClearSports: Tiger, Tebow Battle Their Demons

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By Art Spander
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They were nearly 9,000 miles apart but as close as a television remote, the "T-Men,'' the demonized men. One is disliked for what he did - disappoint us after we embraced him like no other golfer in history. One is despised for what he hasn't done - play quarterback as conventionally played in the NFL.

On the Golf Channel, Tiger Woods at the Presidents Cup in Australia, a controversial and so far unproductive captain's pick by Fred Couples.

On the NFL Network, Tim Tebow...

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RealClearSports: Conspiracy Theory On Tebow Is Nonsense

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By Art Spander
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There's a new movie, "Anonymous,'' which is not about who's at quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts, but William Shakespeare.

Yes, that Shakespeare. No, not that Shakespeare, because the premise of the film is the person named Shakespeare had neither the skill nor worldliness to create the works of genius we know.

Yes, another film based on conspiracy theory...

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RealClearSports: Tebow Drama Gives Draft a Stretch

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By Art Spander
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OAKLAND -- The analysis from ESPN began, "This is a stretch.'' Which was exactly what the NFL draft needed at the point Tim Tebow was selected.

A stretch, a jolt, excitement. Something more than another defensive tackle or offensive lineman.

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RealClearSports: Questions About Tebow's Actions On and Off the Field

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By Art Spander
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How do you look at Tim Tebow? As the quarterback trying to impress the scouts at Senior Bowl practice? Or as the spokesman for what critics contend is an anti-abortion ad to be broadcast by CBS-TV during the Super Bowl?

At the moment, he's both. It's odd. And awkward. One instant he's being quizzed about reading defenses. The next, someone alludes to him reading the bible.

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RealClearSports: The Problem with Drafting a Quarterback

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By Art Spander
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In the spring, Tim Tebow of Florida, a quarterback, a Heisman Trophy winner, a community leader, son of an evangelist, will be available in the NFL draft, which means a lot of people who think they know what makes great football will wonder if they know what makes a great football player.

The suggestions and predictions of why Tebow either will be a star or a flop will pound us in the face, and despite reputations, both of the analysts and the athlete, nobody really has a clue.

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