Ex-Basketball Player

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Posted by rohrs2 on November 14, 2010 at 6:40 AM and tagged with ex-basketball player, john updike, message, poem

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Almost every school has a sports hero, someone who is  natural at the game. Like the glittering stars whose brilliance fades overnight, some of these bright heroes seem to dim after graduation....

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Posted by accessteacher on November 14, 2010 at 7:06 AM

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