Time_Sports
It wasn’t funny.
Cam Newton thought it was. The charismatic quarterback of the Carolina Panthers was responding to a perfectly acceptable sports question from a reporter for the Charlotte Observer.
The question was about a receiver and his pass routes.
The reporter was a woman.
More Mitch Albom:
“It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes,” Newton said, “like…” — he gave a long, exaggerated smile and chuckled to himself — “…it’s funny.”
As he would later admit, the joke was on him. Newton was properly lambasted by the press and social media, admonished by his own league, and dropped as a spokesperson for Dannon yogurt.