Heroes and History

Here is a really inspirational story about a female basketball player who chose to forego playing for the best college basketball team in lieu of living close to and loving her disabled sister. Now she has made the smaller local college she plays for one of the best in the country this year! She is a breath of fresh air as a real sports role model who puts the most important things first  (I love Frank Deford and his more intellectual look at sports...he is great fun to listen to, if you have a minute):

http://www.npr.org/2012/02/08/146514859/for-love-and-the-game-a-star-shines-in-delaware

Being a history lover, I LOVE this article about the people who connect us to the past:

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