Sportcenter top 10 last night

  • kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
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    January 24, 2013 at 8:10 pm #1280386

    I saw this last night on the top 10 plays. Pretty awesome seeing stories like this in a sports world that has turned into “Days of our Lives” lately.

    Great job young man!!

    Way to go Owen!!

    t-ellis
    Colorado Springs, CO
    Posts: 1316
    January 24, 2013 at 8:13 pm #1134444

    I’m confident to say that will probably never be done again in the history of basketball.

    FryDog62
    Posts: 3696
    January 24, 2013 at 9:07 pm #1134474

    As someone who has a younger mentally handicapped brother, that video was pretty cool to watch. My brother, now 48, was in the Special Olympics when he was 9 years old when we lived in California. We knew he was going to be in a relay race and another event but didn’t know which one.

    Turned out he was in the “Standing Broad Jump.” We didn’t even know he could jump. He came out to the middle of the stadium in front of a huge crowd (its a very big event in Calif), looked down, set his feet, pumped his arms back and leaped for what seemed like an eternity through the air. We were the most surprised people there. Jon sailed through the air for a distance never achieved before for his age group in the Special Olympics. Its still a standing record today for that age group over 30 years later.

    I don’t think he has jumped ever since…probably never felt the need to. But hearing the crowd roar for Owen in the video brought back a great memory…

    Thanks for posting

    jld
    Holmen
    Posts: 813
    January 24, 2013 at 9:17 pm #1134479

    So cool. Stories like that are to few and far between nowadays.

    Joe Scegura
    Alexandria MN
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    January 24, 2013 at 10:00 pm #1134495

    I really enjoyed this story and FryDog’s story. Thanks for posting.

    lenny_jamison
    Bay City , WI
    Posts: 4001
    January 24, 2013 at 10:53 pm #1134512

    That is good stuff. I love it.

    dank
    Minneapolis, MN
    Posts: 1123
    January 25, 2013 at 2:02 am #1134560

    Sweet, thanks for posting. Great Story

    jonboy
    Wausau, WI
    Posts: 445
    January 25, 2013 at 3:32 pm #1134710

    Very Cool!

    chomps
    Sioux City IA
    Posts: 3974
    January 25, 2013 at 9:29 pm #1134811

    better than I can do!

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