Talk about a great, inspiring story! Read this account, “A player who can light up a court,” in the Philadelphia Inquirer about a young man who has overcome adversity to become an inspiration for his peers, entire school, and beyond.
Brad Hennefer is not the star of the Cherry Hill High School East basketball team. But in many ways, he is its heart. He also may be the only boys’ varsity player in the country with Down syndrome.
As the school’s principal says, this is a great example of the power of inclusion in our educational system, Read the rest of this entry »
I have not commented on the Super Bowl in this blog. Trust me, if my Philadelphia Eagles were in it, I would have had plenty to say. But, I don’t even want to talk about their lousy season.
But part of me loves underdogs and upsets, and this would be an upset all right. It would be right up there with my very first Super Bowl memory, when Joe Namath and the Jets beat the Colts. My dad assured me before the game that the Colts would win, and I was rooting for them (why, I don’t know — maybe I liked the logo on their helmets?).
I was baffled when the Colts lost, not really grasping at that age that those everyone agreed were “the best” could be beaten — that conventional wisdom could be wrong. Maybe I have liked underdogs since then, having seen how much more fun it would have been to have pulled for the Jets when they won. And after all, if they lost, that was what everyone expected, anyway.