Blind designated shooter wins game with free throws
April 8, 2009 by admin
Filed under basketball, the latest
Baseball has its designated runner. It allows a manager to substitute a slower runner on base with a quicker one. Now, at least for one team, basketball has its designated shooter — a designated free throw shooter.
In Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, senior Matt Stevens, who is blind, was the designated free throw shooter for his St. Lawrence CYO team in a charity tournament this past February. The other teams in the tourney and the referees bought into the concept. When one of his teammates was sent to the foul line, a quick substitution was made and Matt was allowed to shoot the free throws.
Read Rick Reilly’s “Life of Reilly” column for the full story: Matt Steven can’t see the hoop. But he’ll still take the last shot.
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