In these days of A-Rod, Pacman Jones, Brett Favre & Michael Vick. ...

[SelectionSunday]

here's a story to make you feel good about athletes. With all the horror stories we hear nightly it's easy to forget that most people involved in athletics are good, caring, selfless folks.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=oneil_dana&id=3914889

 

[BleedGopher]

Awesome story...thanks for linking Hodger.

Dana O'Neil does some great in-depth profile pieces for ESPN.com. I'm a big fan.

Go Gophers!!

 

[leftyslefty]

got tears creeping into the corners of my eyes.

Go Clemson!

 

[HopHead]

Thanks for the link. What a great kid and roll model. I am going to make sure my 6th grader reads this tonight.

 

[Schnoodler]

Very nice. thanks for the link

 

[Mikie S]

The effort stayed fairly localized, with visits to Atlanta-area hospitals and an affiliation with the Medical University of South Carolina, until last year when Vern Yip and HGTV featured the Smiths on "Deserving Design."

I caught that episode a couple days ago.