‘To An Athlete Dying Young’ by Bill Simmons.
Heartbreaking story about Jamiel “Jas” Andre Shaw II, a 17 year old Los Angeles athlete murdered in cold blood. Good chance of tears in this one. You should definitely read it, even if you know nothing about football.
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Julie // Mar 12, 2008 at 6:43 pm
I live in LA. There have been quite a few gang related murders in the last few weeks. It’s scary. So thankful they made an arrest in Jamiel’s case, but there are so many other horrible people out there who don’t think twice about taking someone’s life. Such a tragedy.
Thanks for linking to the article.
scargosun // Mar 13, 2008 at 7:34 am
Wow. Just insanely sad. Feel like I need to go home and crawl under the bed.
minxlj // Mar 13, 2008 at 7:40 am
There aren’t any words to describe something like that. It’s just not right :-(
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