All posts tagged: respect

Germany’s Maria says should have got more respect after Queen’s wildcard snub

Germany’s Maria says should have got more respect after Queen’s wildcard snub

Published by Sam Flores

LONDON, June 9 : Reigning Queen’s Club champion Tatjana Maria said she should have been given more respect after being forced to qualify for the WTA grasscourt tournament this week. The German, then 37, won the title last year when the women’s tour returned to the venue after a 52-year absence. She was the oldest winner of a WTA 500 tournament. But she had to come through the qualifying tournament this year after not receiving one of the four wildcards, all of which were handed to lower-ranked British players. “It feels almost like a normal tournament because I had to start over again in qualifying,” Maria, who was made an honorary life member at the London club after her title run last year, told BBC Sport. “Already what I did last year was amazing and to be a champion here, I thought I deserved a wildcard and to get a little bit of respect.” Wildcards, awarded at organisers’ discretion to players whose ranking does not merit main-draw entry, are often reserved for home players. “I …

Treating Creepy Animals With Respect Is a Win-Win For All

Treating Creepy Animals With Respect Is a Win-Win For All

Published by Jenni Sidey

Many of the nonhuman animals (animals) with whom we share our homes and other landscapes are often mistakenly written off as being unimportant and disposable “pests” or “trash” animals.1 However, they deserve more respect, we kill them far too often, and writing them off says more about us than them. These sentient animals have sophisticated cognitive and emotional lives and also are very important neighbors with important ecological roles. I recently posted an interview with Dr. Marlene Zuk about these amazing marginalized beings and was thrilled to learn of a new highly acclaimed book by Dr. Jo Wimpenny titled Beauty of the Beasts: Rethinking Nature’s Least Loved Animals that once again expands our knowledge about these scary repulsive underdogs, whose losses can devastate diverse ecosystems. Wimpenny encourages all of us to appreciate and respect these animals for who they are and the vital roles they fulfill for all life on Earth. Marc Bekoff: Why did you write Beauty of the Beasts? Jo Wimpenny: There are several reasons. I was becoming increasingly infuriated by the same, …

UCLA must eject Mick Cronin if he can’t respect his players

UCLA must eject Mick Cronin if he can’t respect his players

Published by Sam Flores

It was the look on Steven Jamerson II’s face. That was the toughest thing to watch. That was what seared into the mind. That’s what made you want to fire Mick Cronin on the spot. It was a look of embarrassment. It was a look of confusion. It was the look of a young man who had just been cruelly pushed around by someone with more power. Mick Cronin is a classic bully, and the fact that UCLA continues to empower him with new contracts and no questions is misguided malfeasance. So, he wins games. He doesn’t win enough to compensate for incidents like Tuesday night in East Lansing, Mich., where Cronin became perhaps the first college coach in history to eject his own player from the game and order him to the locker room in the middle of the game. Yes, Cronin holds players accountable. That’s fine, as long as he also holds himself accountable, but that didn’t happen when, after his team was beaten by 23 points by Michigan State in a second …