The last picks standing

First, I ask for your indulgence to note the passing of Eunice Shriver last week. Shriver was the founder, defining voice and embodiment of a movement that will hopefully live on in perpetuity: the Special Olympics. She used her name and influence for something that resonates with every sports fan and pulls at the heartstrings of everyone of the power of hope. She was the Special Olympics.

I grew up and went to school with her sons, who were and are very involved with the Special Olympics. I remember attending an event in an area of Washington, D.C., that can charitably be described as rundown. There were gangs, sirens blaring and chaos all around us, but she ...

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