“A 73-Year-Old Gives Basketball a Second Shot”
This guy plays for the Roane State Community College team. Wow. Apparently, in his 20s, he was kicked off his college basketball team for “soaping” the coaches’ office. He always wanted to finish his college basketball career, so when he retired from his job as a newspaper editor he enrolled at Roane State and made the team!
He doesn’t play very much, but his goal is to score over 10 points for the team this season. He made two free throws last game, so only 8 more to go!
Apparently he’s developed quite a bond with his teammates and they all really like him. Recently some teammates of his were busting his chops in the locker room and he responded by jokingly saying, “watch out, I have some friends in high places.” His teammate’s response was “where? in heaven?”
The team’s average attendance has quadrupled, from 100 fans a game to 400.
