Thanks Norm for the item on tonights Sneaker Ball in your column: HAVING A BALL ESPN columnist and storyteller extraordinaire Rick Reilly is in town for a cool event tonight at the M Resort. He’s sharing some of his favorite tales with a gala crowd at the Boys & Girls Clubs Sneaker Ball. Reilly’s 11th book, “Tiger, Meet My Sister,” comes out this month. It’s a collection of his most popular column written since he joined ESPN in 2008 after a long run at Sports Illustrated. One of his columns eight years ago sparked an amazing humanitarian response that helped raised $46 million to help the United Nations and other international organizations provide more than seven million bed nets to protect families in malaria-ravaged sub-Saharan Africa. Last summer Reilly challenged NBA players to join the cause. Reilly and Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors delivered more than 38,000 bed nets to refugees stricken by or at risk for malaria. “There’s no Boys and Girls Clubs in the Congo,” said Reilly. “Kids have it bad in this country and the Boys and Girls Club is my favorite charity in this country, but in Africa the stakes are higher.”
Posted on: Fri, 02 May 2014 15:55:47 +0000
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