babygurl919
03-01-2006, 02:50 AM
Have any of you read about this or seen the video of the game? I think the story is amazing, especially how all of the kids rallied behind him during the game. It brought tears to my eyes (good ones).... and I hope they do make a movie about it and give the money to autistic foundations or something...
Hollywood Calls Autistic Basketball Star
GREECE, N.Y. - Alone in the gym after practice, Jason McElwain went through his elaborate pregame ritual.
The 17-year-old senior, manager of the Greece Athena High School basketball team, drained a 3-pointer, a double-pump layup and a free throw, kissed the back of his ring finger at center court and sped off to the dressing room to exhort and amuse his teammates.
"You've gotta give it everything you got!" McElwain sang in rap verse. "The winner goes home all happy/The loser goes home and says/`Mommy we lost the game, wah wah wah!'"
For the full article, go here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060228/ap_on_sp_bk_ne/hoops_hero
Hollywood Calls Autistic Basketball Star
GREECE, N.Y. - Alone in the gym after practice, Jason McElwain went through his elaborate pregame ritual.
The 17-year-old senior, manager of the Greece Athena High School basketball team, drained a 3-pointer, a double-pump layup and a free throw, kissed the back of his ring finger at center court and sped off to the dressing room to exhort and amuse his teammates.
"You've gotta give it everything you got!" McElwain sang in rap verse. "The winner goes home all happy/The loser goes home and says/`Mommy we lost the game, wah wah wah!'"
For the full article, go here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060228/ap_on_sp_bk_ne/hoops_hero