Joseph and Javarus discuss when sports means more than just a game

King Talk

Joseph and Javarus discuss an article written in the Los Angeles Times on September 21, 2019 by Eric Sondheimer, "When Football Means More Than Just a Game". They discuss what can be gained by participating in sports, such as persistence, commitment, dedication and more. There are so many important lessons in this podcast. Here is a link and part of the article: https://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/story/2019-09-21/bishop-diego-chicago-hope-football? SANTA BARBARA — In a dimly lit parking lot Friday night, with bags and suitcases sprawled on the ground and the loud, clanking sound of a bus engine rattling in their ears, 45 football players from a high school in one of Chicago‘s toughest areas shed their shoulder pads, removed their blue helmets and abandoned their sparkling clean white jerseys while trying to make sense of their latest challenge. A game two years in the making, far away from the gun violence and poverty they deal with back home, had been postponed when power went out at Santa Barbara City College. The football team from Chicago Hope Academy had traveled 4½ hours by plane to Los Angeles from Chicago’s West Side on Wednesday, then rode two hours on a bus to Santa Barbara, arriving past midnight. They stayed two nights at a hotel and were scheduled to spend the final two nights of their journey with 16 host families after Friday’s game against Bishop Diego High. Now the teams would play Saturday morning, in place of a junior varsity game that had been planned. Watch the King Talk video: https://youtu.be/mM5CIFN0qcA --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kingtalk/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kingtalk/support