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October 02, 2009

One-handed basketball player earns shot

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/one-handed-basketball-player-earns-shot/article1308054/

Born without a left hand, the 6-foot-11 centre from Pleasanton, Calif., is now a freshman at Manhattan College, having earned a scholarship to play for the Jaspers and a chance to live out the dream of anyone who has been told they couldn't play a sport they loved because of a physical defect.

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