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When awareness leads to action

By Mike Grimala
ESPN RISE

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

When Atlee (Mechanicsville, Va.) boys' volleyball coach Michelle Black approached her team about promoting breast cancer awareness at the start of the season, she went small. "Other teams at the school have worn pink before," says Black, "but this was the first time a boys' team had done it. I figured we'd wear pink socks, maybe pink ribbons. Just enough for people to notice." Black told the team about her plan, and the boys immediately rejected it. They wanted to go bigger. "Coach told us we ...

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