Friday Afternoon Reads

William Rhoden dips his oar into the Milton Bradley racial controversy.

Friday Night Lights reaction in Odessa.

Dan LeBetard says athletes are people too. I like generally like LeBetard, but I feel too often like I'm being scolded by him. This column is saying that we shouldn't judge athletes by their negative actions. He shares three incidents that make Randy Moss, Barry Bonds and Terrell Owens seem a little more cuddly. I'm sure those guys aren't as bad as they're polarized to be, but there are a lot of athletes that do good things without the accompanying headaches and boorishness.

Mike Vaccaro wrote a strong Kevin Brown column. The Post's backpage headline is "A Puncher's Chance.