Brooklyn Nets point guard Deron Williams made headlines this week for the right reasons. A wealthy star athlete doing good works? Imagine that. Usually I don’t report on philanthropy and community service, simply because nobody reads them. Seriously, those stories are never consumed at all. But this week is different. We need this story from Deron Williams.
Especially after Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson, Roger Goodell etc.
And if you’re an Illini fan, you especially need some positive news right now. The football team has not shown any improvement over 2013’s dreadful season. Tracy Abrams is out for the season, Jalen Brunson isn’t coming. It’s enough to make you want to escape from the “escapism” that used to be consuming sports news. At this point, consuming hard news seems more light-hearted. Tell me again about what the U.S. plans to do to destroy ISIS?
No seriously, here’s more on Deron Williams via Yahoo’s Postgame:
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