Colbert had Mike Lewis on tonight ("The Ballad of Big Mike")

[Bozita]

I read Lewis' article in the NYT Magazine a week ago. It really disturbed me. Another DUer posted it in the Editorial forum. I was the only person to comment.

It sank like a rock.

In my eyes, Colbert validated himself tonight by bringing in Lewis.

Here's the link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/magazine/24football.html?ex=1160020800&en=5d1c113cb7087871&ei=5070

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Sean left it at lunch, and at lunch it might have ended. But a few weeks afterward, the Briarcrest Christian School took its Thanksgiving break. On a cold and blustery morning, Sean and his wife, Leigh Anne, were driving down one of the main boulevards of East Memphis when just ahead of them a huge black male stepped off the bus. He was dressed in the same pair of cutoffs and T-shirt he always wore. Sean pointed him out to his wife and said: “That kid I was telling you about — that’s him. Big Mike.”

“But he’s wearing shorts,” she said.

“Uh-huh. He always wears those.”

“Sean, it’s snowing!”

And so it was. At Leigh Anne’s insistence, they pulled over. Sean reintroduced himself to Michael and then introduced Michael to Leigh Anne.

“Where are you going?” he asked.

“To basketball practice,” Michael said.

“Michael, you don’t have basketball practice,” Sean said.

“I know,” the boy said. “But they got heat there.”

Sean didn’t understand that one.

“It’s nice and warm in that gym,” the boy said.

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[Frances]

1. Sorry if I didn't thank you for the link

I found the story fascinating.

[Bozita]

5. It's a story for everyman ...

... but it's also a terrific social critique.

[Avalon Sparks]

2. I read the link too...

Thanks, I enjoyed the story.

[pacalo]

3. That was a beautiful story! I'm now a Michael Oher fan!

Thanks for this link. I saved it so that my husband can read it tomorrow. :)

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

4. I , too, am a Michael Oher fan now.

But I have never seen him play. I am a fan because in whatever he does, I want to see him succeed.

Go, Mike. Show 'em all.

[pacalo]

8. He plays for Ole Miss...

I checked out his page here. :)

[Bozita]

6. kick for the day shift

[Bozita]

7. kick