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On the day Karl Malone said the NBA was poisoned by self-absorbed brats, by young men who measure one another by the weight of their wallets, Steve Smith made him eat his broad brush. Monday, Smith donated $2.5 million to Michigan State, more than any athlete has given to any institution. He did not do it for the writeoff or the ink, but for the memory of his mother. Sports doesn’t have to be about butting referees and degrading women. Every now and then, we find a philanthropist among the philanderers.