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An Oklahoma High School Ran Up The Score Thanks To A Special Needs Student

Found February 13, 2013 on With Leather: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Kevin Durant,  Toby Keith,  Carrie Underwood
TEAMS: Oklahoma City Thunder
Lakers
Oh boy, you guys. It’s about to get super dusty up in here.Kevin Durant further proved that he’s one of the greatest guys on the planet – seriously, he can bounce a ball of a woman’s face and she’ll just laugh – when he joined in the Twitter hashtag campaign #DressNathanOut that some students at Owasso High School in Oklahoma started to get some attention for the their basketball team’s manager, Nathan Mitcham. A special needs student, Mitcham also gained fans in Toby Keith, Carrie Underwood and Johnny Manziel, who all Tweeted the hashtag to help get Mitcham in this past Tuesday’s game against Sand Springs High School.Based on the outpouring of support and the amazing stories in the aftermath, I don’t think that Mitcham’s playing time was ever in question, but he nevertheless received his coach’s permission to play, and he took the court for the final 3 minutes in Owasso’s 20-point victory that night. And not only did he close out the game, but he also scored 8 points as 2,000 people i
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