A rare act of sportsmanship

[Alex]

At first the linked story read like it was going to say that the one team lost on purpose because of the emotional loss experienced by the other team. And that, to me, isn't good sportsmanship.

But this story is fine. I agree it isn't a rare display of sportsmanship, just rare as a way that good sportsmanship can be displayed (see also, story from last year of opposing team that carried batter who hit home run around the bases after she broke her leg running the bases).

As for the 100-0 basketball game, I got flamed to hell for it on MousePad but I don't view that as particularly poor sportsmanship. Definitely poor scheduling.