Deep Into Sports » kevin laue http://www.deepintosports.com MLB NFL NBA NHL NCAA PGA Olympics Tennis Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:33:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Sports Bright: Basketball’s Jim Abbott http://www.deepintosports.com/2009/06/06/ncaa-college-basketball-kevin-laue-jim-abbott-one-hand/ http://www.deepintosports.com/2009/06/06/ncaa-college-basketball-kevin-laue-jim-abbott-one-hand/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:21:15 +0000 Nate Barlow http://www.deepintosports.com/?p=1525 I still recall when Jim Abbott threw his no-hitter. Not that it should have been any more impressive than the mere face that Abbott, with only one hand, was pitching in the major leagues at all, but somehow it was. The no-no was the crowning achievement of an already remarkable triumph over adversity.

I wasn’t the only person who never forgot Abbott’s inspirational story. In this story on Yahoo! Sports’ Rivals.com by Jason King, Manhattan College head coach Barry Rohrssen relates how he remembered Jim Abbott when he first heard about Kevin Laue, a 6’11″ basketball player at Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia. Rohrssen wanted to be that person who gave Laue a chance, just like someone at one time had to take a chance on the former pitcher. And that he was–Laue has signed a letter of intent for Manhattan.

Truly inspiring.

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