George Ferguson Column: Wake up guys, there's nothing funny about being a sexist

Occasionally, I like to make a mountain out of a mole hill. That’s what happens sometimes when you’re highly-opinionated, which I readily admit I am.

So forgive me if I’m doing it again now, but, as always, there’s a method to my madness.

Last week, Carolina Panthers’ quarterback Cam Newton made what many considered a sexist remark to a female reporter who, by all accounts, was literally just doing her job.

Basically what happened was the reporter asked Newton about one of his receivers running good routes. No, there was no line of controversial questioning or scandalous scena...