Bittersweet Story About Sportsmanship in HS Hoops

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Bittersweet Story About Sportsmanship in HS Hoops

#1 Post by Estonut » Thu Feb 19, 2009 7:26 pm

Amid the grieving, a rare act of sportsmanship
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#2 Post by T_Bone0806 » Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:11 pm

That is just awesome.
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#3 Post by christie1111 » Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:15 pm

Son1111 told me about this.

But reading the story brought tears to my eyes.
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#4 Post by ne1410s » Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:16 pm

As a retired BB coach, I am very proud of the visiting coach's actions.
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#5 Post by Ritterskoop » Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:36 pm

Loving it.
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#6 Post by Estonut » Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:45 pm

ne1410s wrote:As a retired BB coach, I am very proud of the visiting coach's actions.
And the fact that the captain volunteered to "take" the free throws, already knowing he was going to tank 'em!
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#7 Post by SportsFan68 » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:52 pm

Why I love sports movies...
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#8 Post by hermillion » Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:11 pm

The next time someone talks about "kids today", I'd like to hand them a copy of this story.
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#9 Post by gsabc » Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:46 am

christie1111 wrote:Son1111 told me about this.

But reading the story brought tears to my eyes.
Ditto here. I read it before coming over, and was going to post it myself. The media should put out more of these good news stories, which I'm sure happen more often than they bother with.
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#10 Post by tlynn78 » Fri Feb 20, 2009 10:58 am

Made me cry, dammit. When my hub was injured, we were out of town at a BB tournament with our #2 son. The coach was going to scrub the remaining games, but #2 son asked him not to, and the team (including s#2) went on to win the tournament. It helped my son through hell. I love BB, BB teams, their fans, parents, and coaches.


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