Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Don't Need Balls to Have Courage

In the first half of Tennessee's contest with Texas A&M to decide which team would make the Final Four and my friend Mike or I would win our women's NCAA Tournament pool, the game's best player dislocated her shoulder... twice.

Candace Parker, of Tennessee, should an incredible amount of heart, grit, and determination in returning to the game. She scored 18 points in the first half and added 8 in the second despite the injury. Parker is probably going to leave school for the WNBA after this, her junior year of college. But don't worry, she would've graduated already by then.

Parker is so fundamentally sound. She is the real deal and I'm hopeful that she will turn the tide in favor of women's basketball and lead the game's popularity increase.

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