Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Out of tragedy, sportsmanship has a shining moment


Here is a great story amidst all the steroid chatter of late: Out of tragedy, sportsmanship has a shining moment.

The article
begins:

At first, Johntell Franklin just wanted to watch his friends play basketball.

"I wanted to go and support my team," said Franklin, an 18-year-old senior at Milwaukee Madison High School. "I'm a captain. I set an example."

As it turned out, Franklin wound up teaching everyone in the Madison gymnasium a lesson - about friendship, about the value of sports, about themselves.

Read the rest.

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