Homeless South L.A. student athlete Tyki Nelworth receives a scholarship to West Point.
A True Role Model
I saw this story on the news a couple days ago and thought it was the most touching piece I had seen in quite some time. It’s not a sports story, persay, but since the young man in question, [...]

Considering that we recently had a discussion on Deep Into Sports about how ridiculous it is to refer to athletes and/or coaches as geniuses or heroes, this story about a Mississippi high school football player, Kaleb Eulls, who really is a hero caught my eye:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/03/mississippi.bus.hero/index.html
In case you’re not familiar, Eulls saved twenty-two children (age 5 [...]