A Coach's Final Play
On March 4, 1993, Jim Valvano shuffled to the podium at Madison Square Garden. The man who had sprinted across the court ten years earlier,...
This is a contemporary on hope and perseverance, drawing on Romans 5:3-5.
On March 4, 1993, Jim Valvano shuffled to the podium at Madison Square Garden. The man who had sprinted across the court ten years earlier, searching for someone to hug after his NC State Wolfpack stunned Houston for the NCAA championship, now needed help climbing the stage. Cancer had ravaged his body. He was fifty-seven days from death. But Valvano had not come to the first ESPY Awards to say goodbye.…
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