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Blessing In Disguise

By Tom Friend

Friday, December 26, 2008

The 7-year-old squirt can't miss! He's in a halftime free throw shooting contest, at a junior college game, and that's 11, 12, 13 straight makes. Why isn't he nervous? Shouldn't he be nervous? The crowd of 250 is on its feet, eyeballing him, and if that isn't pressure enough, there's a door prize if he wins: free pizza. Dinner's on him. Three years later, all eyes are on the squirt again. His AAU team is in the national final, down one with three seconds left, and he has two free throws to win t ...

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