Not WAC-related but...

First the snark, then the feel good story.

Scott Wolf of the Daily News is reporting that USC forward Leonard Washington will be sidelined anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks due to a high ankle sprain.

Isn't it about now that Tim Floyd announces Washington is being suspended for a few games for his reprehensible attack on Blake Griffin?

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Here's a story for the season and all the rest of the days of the year. We have seen Kevin Laue play and D-1 is a possibility if a mid-major or lower coach needs a 'big' who can help out a few minutes a game.

Prospect Provides Inspiration With What He Doesn’t Have
Adam Himmelsbach
New York Times
December 27, 2008

FORK UNION, Va. — Kelli Whitescarver did not see traffic bottle up on Interstate 95 until it was too late. She lost control of her black Ford Explorer, which smashed a guardrail, flipped onto the driver’s side and dragged her left arm on the pavement.

Whitescarver, 21, had been on her way home to Richmond on Nov. 2 after visiting her sister in North Carolina. Instead, she was on her way to the hospital to have her left hand amputated.

During Whitescarver’s three-week stay at the Medical College of Virginia, she was told the amputation would not stop her from maintaining a normal life. But the people who told her that had two hands. Then, through some unusual serendipity, Whitescarver heard about someone who did not.

Kevin Laue, 18, was a 6-foot-10-inch college basketball prospect from California who was born with a left arm that ended at the elbow. He had recently enrolled at Fork Union Military Academy, about 50 miles from Richmond, in hopes of being noticed by an Ivy League team, but not for the reason he was most often noticed...

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