It's March again so that must mean that March Madness is in full swing. I'm not the biggest fan of basketball as a spectator sport, since I much prefer to play it than to watch it, but I love to read the human interest stories that lie behind sports.
What could be more interesting than a story about a nun coaching a men's basketball team? As I ran across the headline, At Xavier, Nun Works Out Players’ Academic Side, I pictured a wee, little nun in a black and white habit chasing after 6 ft tall basketball players while brandishing a ruler. It gave me a chuckle. It turns out that I was not too far off the mark. Here's the opening paragraph of the article:
"By some measures, the success of the Xavier men’s basketball team rests not with a sharpshooting guard or a ball-hawking forward. Rather, it rests largely with a 5-foot-4, white-haired 77-year-old nun not afraid to rap on dormitory doors or to call players before dawn to ask about missed classes or late assignments."
I don't know about you all, but with Spring in the air, my head is in the clouds and my mind feels free to wander. I end up surfing the web instead of working on my homework.
How are all my online friends doing? Anyone else have a good March Madness story to share?
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