• Will Brett Favre be punished for alleged role in diverting Mississippi welfare funds?
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    Will Brett Favre be punished for alleged role in diverting Mississippi welfare funds?

    Need to explain yourself, Favre.Image: Getty Images Brett Favre has been justly criticized for his alleged role in diverting funds from Mississippi’s welfare fund to a pet project of a volleyball court. His daughter played for the team, and with about $135 million in career earnings, he could certainly have managed a donation himself. Mississippi is by some metrics the poorest state in the union, compounding the injustice.  “…[I]s there any way the media can find out where it came from and how much?” Favre reportedly asked Mississippi officials in a text.  Favre’s involvement is a sports story, even though it was broken by reporter Anna Wolfe covering the poverty…

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