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SALT LAKE CITY — It wasn't long ago that Matt Kemp of the Los Angeles Dodgers was arguably the best player in baseball. After this video, though, he is arguably the most awesome guy in all of sports.
It is a video of Kemp walking off the field in San Francisco. A young man in the stands named Joshua Jones is fighting what the YouTube description calls "a tough battle." The video was uploaded by Tommy Schultz, who is Jones' friend. Jones' family got money together to send Joshua to the game between the Giants and the Dodgers, and with great seats.
Jones is wearing a Dodgers sweatshirt, and so there is a good chance Kemp would be among his favorites, which prompted this exchange. The Joneses got the attention of Dodgers third-base coach Tim Wallach.
Wallach said he would try to get Kemp to come by and say hi. This was after a loss for Kemp and the Dodgers. Kemp stopped by to talk to Joshua and started by taking a baseball to sign it.
This would probably be a highlight for any fan, but it was nowhere close to the end. Kemp gives him his hat, then his jersey and then his shoes.
Kemp said he didn't even know his name, but felt it might cheer him up. It was short and there was little to no reaction from Jones, but it will probably stick close to anyone who watches it.
Kudos to Kemp — a small gesture he probably didn't expect anyone to see.
Tim Tebow bill and petition
Tim Tebow is everywhere. Well, everywhere but an NFL roster right now. However, a group of people were trying to fix that with a petition to the White House. The petition was to force the Jacksonville Jaguars to sign and start Tebow.
The group of fans were looking to get the required signatures to get the government to force this to happen. Now the government has decided that they have had enough of that and have pulled it from the "We The People" petition system.
It wasn't doing great earlier this week [and now the link is dead](<https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/call-nfl-jacksonville-jaguars-gm-david-caldwell-and-tell-him-stop-ignoring-jaguars-fans-and-sign-tim/v9BxfVq4 >), claiming it is a violation of Terms of Participation.
That isn't the only piece of government paper that has Tebow's name on it. In Texas, there is a Tim Tebow Bill that has passed, which will allow students who are home-schooled to play sports for their local public school.
This type of bill has been passed in multiple states, and there are still some states fighting it, such as Alabama, who rejected the bill. It is called the Tim Tebow Bill in multiple states because Tebow was home-schooled and is considered the archetype for why this bill should be passed.
If at first you don't succeed, get arrested again
Titus Young is slowly becoming the dumbest man in America. There are some dumb athletes like Rolando McClain, who just can't stay out of the back of cop cars, but Young has redefined the dumb athlete profile.
Just after midnight Sunday, Young was arrested for driving under the influence after making an illegal left turn. No damage was done, but he was arrested and issued a citation, then released.
Then, about 15 hours later, at 2:22 p.m., a call was put in about a man jumping a fence at a tow yard. It turns out it was Young looking for his black Ford Mustang that was impounded. He was booked for burglary and arrested for the second time in less than a day.
Young was a second-round draft pick two years ago and was already cut by the Lions, who drafted him for three different disciplinary reasons. He was then signed by the Rams, but cut again 10 days later.
It doesn't seem that hard to not do dumb things. A player with Young's talent would be able to play for years. Instead, a promising young player is now probably going to spend more time in jail than on the football field.
Sunday Night Football theme replaced
Faith Hill has retired from singing the Sunday Night Football theme for NBC Sports, and the network has found its replacement. It might sound familiar, but she is a tall, skinny blonde, a country singer — it is Carrie Underwood.
Underwood seems a perfect replacement for Hill. She will sing the same theme that is based on Joan Jett's "I Hate Myself For Loving You" called "Waiting All Day for Sunday Night."
It won't be exactly the same without Hill, who had been doing the tune for the past five years, but Underwood is as close as it gets and might be an improvement.
