Nice story

[ACamp1900]

this is what draws me to sports... some non-sports-fan family and friends have asked me why I can have oak frames of Lou Gerhig's speech and Hank Aaron in my living room or take such an interest in sports history... Often times its not the game so much as it is story of the men and women playing it...

anyway, nice little story...

Rivals High - Amid the grieving, a rare act of sportsmanship

 

[onenybrother]

This is what team sports is about.

This is what team sports is about.

The coach never considered any other option.
It didn't matter that his DeKalb, Ill., High School basketball team had ridden a bus two and a half hours to get to Milwaukee, then waited another hour past game time to play. Didn't matter that the game was close, or that this was a chance to beat a big city team.



Johntel Franklin scored 10 points in the game following the loss of his mother.
Something else was on Dave Rohlman's mind when he asked for a volunteer to shoot two free throws awarded his team on a technical foul in the second quarter. His senior captain raised his hand, ready to go to the line as he had many times before.

Only this time it was different.

"You realize you're going to miss them, don't you?" Rohlman said.

Rivals High - Amid the grieving, a rare act of sportsmanship

 

[Bubba]

Great story.

 

[ACamp1900]

alreaady a thread... merged it...

 

[stonebreakerwasgod]

Good stuff.