Offtopic, I know.
Even though it's inevitable, it just stanks.
North Carolina State women's basketball Kay Yow dies of cancer at age 66.
Read the New York Times obit.
Yow, along with Pat Summit and Sue Gunter and all the other old-school hardcores of women's basketball, is one of the people I'd love for all the girls playing high school basketball today to know about. The pioneers of modern women's hoop believed in the future, even when there wasn't one, and they kept up the hustle, despite adversity that most of us can only imagine.
Raise a glass, girls, to Kay Yow, who coached a ranked or near-ranked college team for five years while actively receiving cancer treatments. Nobody worked harder.
While you're at it, read this too. (Another NYT piece on Yow from 2007)
And this. (Michelle Voepel's lovely recollection)
A Few Words On Healthcare
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