This is a sports column only because the principals involved happen to be professional athletes. It is really a column about the damage done when anybody posts or reposts on social media without thinking through what they are putting out there for the world to see.
A firestorm erupted this past weekend when DeSean Jackson of the Philadelphia Eagles reposted a series of anti-Semitic messages. We will get into the specifics of what he posted later on. He has made what appears to be a sincere apology and is taking steps to patch things up with the Jewish community.