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  • GoChiefs
    "This managed to fly under our radar when it happened late last month, but it’s one of those stories you don’t want to miss.In an awesome moment of kind-hearted sportsmanship and clandestine, middle-school planning, the members of the Olivet Middle School football team shared a life-changing moment when they secretly took a dive at the 1-yard line to set up a touchdown run for teammate Keith Orr. Keith has a learning disability and “struggles with boundaries,” so the team simply surrounded him like a phalanx of Spartans and drove him into the end zone.
    The play and the moment are inspiring, but their ramifications are what make them truly special:"

    http://www.uproxx.com/sports/2013/11/olivet-middle-schools-secret-play-disabled-teammate-best-thing-youll-see-today/
  • Zombaypirate
    GoChiefs;1531278 wrote:"This managed to fly under our radar when it happened late last month, but it’s one of those stories you don’t want to miss.In an awesome moment of kind-hearted sportsmanship and clandestine, middle-school planning, the members of the Olivet Middle School football team shared a life-changing moment when they secretly took a dive at the 1-yard line to set up a touchdown run for teammate Keith Orr. Keith has a learning disability and “struggles with boundaries,” so the team simply surrounded him like a phalanx of Spartans and drove him into the end zone.
    The play and the moment are inspiring, but their ramifications are what make them truly special:"

    http://www.uproxx.com/sports/2013/11/olivet-middle-schools-secret-play-disabled-teammate-best-thing-youll-see-today/
    Yep these never get old. Great job by the kids at that middle school.
  • drake
    Excellent!!
  • sanitizer
    Stuff like this proves that sports can and are about more than "sports"! Awesome!