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Various Non-Bald Discussions => Sports Talk => Topic started by: warhawk on October 13, 2007, 09:35:58 PM

Title: not your ordinary homecoming week....
Post by: warhawk on October 13, 2007, 09:35:58 PM

hello fellow chrome domes..... just discovered this truly inspiring story of a local high school in michigan.  it was very touching & i wanted 2 share it with  u  all:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=3059155

WARHAWK O0

Title: Re: not your ordinary homecoming week....
Post by: JDog on October 13, 2007, 10:33:52 PM

Wow ,Warhawk thanks for sharing. That is a very uplifting story.

Title: Re: not your ordinary homecoming week....
Post by: Scott on October 14, 2007, 01:25:58 AM

Hey WH, I saw this story awhile ago on ESPN.com while taking a peak to see if my 'Cats made the top story (and they did) and I read that story also and that is truly inspirational in this day & time of the "it's-all-about-me" athletes.

Title: Re: not your ordinary homecoming week....
Post by: SLYinKC on October 14, 2007, 06:00:07 AM

All I can say is "Wow".  Kinda brings you back down to earth to read something like that.  We'd all do well to learn a lesson from this young boy and his attitude and his courage, as well the the selflessness of the kids in his school.  Thanks for sharing, Warhawk.

Title: Re: not your ordinary homecoming week....
Post by: Paul on October 14, 2007, 06:56:33 AM

Thanks for that Warhawk.  All to often we only hear about the bad teenagers, the ones in gangs, with guns, with drugs.  It's really great to know of such selfless young adults.  Great you brought that to our attention.

Title: Re: not your ordinary homecoming week....
Post by: PBurke on October 14, 2007, 08:09:07 AM

those young men are awesome. bravo to them. now i can beatup warhawk for making me tear up first damn thing in the morning  :x! j/k brother. that is the type of thing that all high school kids should read. problem is, most are so self absorbed that they wouldn't learn anything from it.

Title: Re: not your ordinary homecoming week....
Post by: Tyler on October 14, 2007, 02:59:18 PM

Tear jerker!

Title: Re: not your ordinary homecoming week....
Post by: nomad on October 14, 2007, 03:43:47 PM

Dang it Warhawk you got the big man all teared up, but its all good. Like some others have said we all need a dose of back to reallity. In the messed up world we're in there is still some good left in it if you look for it.

Title: Re: not your ordinary homecoming week....
Post by: warhawk on October 15, 2007, 04:43:43 AM

unfortunately here's an update of "king eli".......he has lost his battle with leukemia.  this is a good example of the good dying young.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/highschool/news/story?id=3063610

WARHAWK O0

Title: Re: not your ordinary homecoming week....
Post by: SLYinKC on October 15, 2007, 06:07:20 AM

Hearing that just breaks my heart.  Let Eli's spirit continue to be an inspiration to us all.

Title: Re: not your ordinary homecoming week....
Post by: -Doug- on October 15, 2007, 06:21:34 AM

Truly touching and sad! May the Lord be with his family in this time of pain!

Title: Re: not your ordinary homecoming week....
Post by: nomad on October 15, 2007, 06:27:35 PM

Quote from: BalDoug on October 15, 2007, 06:21:34 AM

Truly touching and sad! May the Lord be with his family in this time of pain!

I agree completely

Its situations like these that make me stop and think when I start bitchin about the dumb things in life.