Born to fail? Sons of Tiger, LeBron must follow dads’ impossible footsteps
You could call them rich and entitled. You might be right. Their name and fame are inherited; so, too, the wealth. Chances are pretty good they will never need to carry a lunch pail or punch a time clock.
It might even be tempting to privately wish they fail, because the darker side of human nature can involve stuff like jealousy, and resentment of silver-spoon offspring.
I get all that, and still I feel sorry for Bronny James and Charlie Woods.
The footsteps they chose to follow are impossibly big, big enough to swallow them whole and cast them as failures waiting to happen. “Chose to follow” might not even be the right phrase, because when you are gifted with a bloodline like that, your path may be preordained.
We have come to use G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time) much too loosely in sports, but the argument for LeBron James in basketball and Tiger Woods in golf would be an easy one. Across all sports, they are generational, timeless talents whose names, like those of Babe Ruth and Muhammad Ali, will be eternal.
Imagine being their sons? Bronny is a 19-year-old freshman on Southern Cal’s basketball team and Charlie, at 15, just played in his first PGA Tour prequalifying event.
Both are experiencing the ugly side of their bloodline and name. It involves attention big and hot enough to scald. And it involves failure, which, relative to their fathers’ success, feels all but inevi
Inter Miami forward Luis Suárez celebrates with Lionel Messi after scoring a goal against Orlando City in the first half of their match at Chase Stadium on Saturday in Fort Lauderdale. For late result of the game, go to www.miamiherald.com/sports