11/21/24
August 17, 2006
The ultimate assist.: For years James' coaches had chided him for being insufficiently physical, for shying from contact. Now here he was, helping to wrestle a flailing man into submission. James' adrenaline, surging far more than it ever had on a basketball court, spiked when a flight attendant warned, "Careful, he's got a bomb in his shoe!" An excellent article about former Evansville and current NBDL player Kwame James and his experience with would-be shoebomber Richard Reid.
posted by Ufez Jones to basketball at 03:10 PM - 7 comments
That was a great story, and sort of depressing. Telling how the 24 hour news cycle builds heros up in a minute and then abandons them in a second.
posted by insomnyuk at 05:45 PM on August 17, 2006
Incredible story. Thanks for the posting.
posted by jojomfd1 at 10:06 PM on August 17, 2006
Excellent story. Great post, spofi needs more of these threads and comments that follow to balance out the "pro athlete caught j-walking, faces life in prison" threads, and the "I hope God strikes the j-walking pro athlete dead" comments that follow. Thanks Ufez. Not to pull anyone's card but I wonder what tsport4grammerschool will have to say about this thread.
posted by Bishop at 03:03 AM on August 18, 2006
Great story thanks for the post Ufez.
posted by T.C. at 10:12 AM on August 18, 2006
It's sad that all of the people who offered to help him (like the Department of Justice and the airlines) weren't there when he needed the help.
posted by bperk at 12:31 PM on August 18, 2006
Long article, but a good one. God bless the guy- he saved more than 200 lives, and a $30 million dollar plane. Too bad he never made it to the NBA- it seems like he deserves it.
posted by Kendall at 08:52 PM on August 18, 2006
Oh crap. That was sloppy. He's officially retired now, but the NBDL has a profile on him anyhow. Sorry 'bout that.