McCartney irks non-Christians by speaking of restoring America to Jesus. Johnette Howard also recounted in an October 1994 piece for the Washington Post the extent to which McCartney proselytized an anti-gay lifestyle: Operation Rescue is a staunch anti-abortion Christian organization, while the Promise Keepers, founded by McCartney in 1990, looks to "ignite and unite men to become warriors who will change their world," according to its website. Near the end of his coaching career and in retirement, McCartney's involvement with Operation Rescue and the Promise Keepers has also become extremely polarizing. Kristy McCartney gave birth to the child in April 1989, five months before Aunese died of stomach cancer.
In 1988, McCartney's daughter became pregnant by Sal Aunese, who was then the Buffaloes' starting quarterback. What will set The Gospel According to Mac apart from other 30 for 30 entries is the focus on McCartney's personal and family life. In fact, that aspect of the documentary won't be altogether dissimilar from previous 30 for 30 documentaries Pony Excess and The U, which focused on SMU and Miami's football programs, respectively. Somebody racially slurs you, and you might have a tendency to overreact.Ĭolorado wasn't the first, nor will it be the last to bend NCAA rules and/or see its players break the law en route to glory on the field. If you're a black football player here, you're ethnically a minority because you're black, socially a minority because you're an athlete, culturally a minority because you might come from the projects, economically a minority because you can't afford to drive a BMW and physically a minority because you're bigger than everybody else. Of course, Colorado's on-field success will only be part of the story.Ī February 1989 article by Rick Reilly for Sports Illustrated documented the number of legal issues plaguing the Buffaloes in the late 1980s, which Reilly went so far as to call a "crime wave." By his count, more than 24 of McCartney's players were arrested between 1986 and early 1989 alone.īut in the article, Theo Gregory, then an academic coordinator for the Colorado athletic department, discussed some of the socioeconomic and racial factors at play in Boulder, Colorado-factors that still resonate today across the country: ESPN Films 30 for 30 LOOK: Our new film, #GospelAccordingToMac, tells story of 1990 title run airs Tues at 9 ET on
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