Former athletes done good

[Rhino]

I enjoy seeing athletes do something besides gamble their money away, go crazy, beat up their wives, try to make a ill-advised comeback, etc. I enjoy guys that do stuff that are kind of out of the limelight.

Take, for instance, Chris Dudley. The guy couldn't hit a free throw to save his life and was the empitome of tall, immobile white guys. Granted, he was in the league for 16 years, but he still wasn't much beyond a shot blocker.

In 1994, he established The Dudley Foundation to help children succeed regardless of economic, education or health liabilities. One of the foundation's key projects is the creation of the first basketball camp for boys and girls with diabetes. Here he is with one of the kids from his camp and President Bush.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/08/images/20040813-1_freedom-515h.jpg

Mr. Dudley, you still suck at free throws, but I give you two thumbs up.

Well done, sir.

[Osce0la]

It's not a former athlete, but Warrick Dunn has a great program (I think it's called "Home for the Holidays") where he puts a large down payment on a new fully furnished house to help single mothers realize the dream of owning their own home. His mother (single mom) was shot and killed in early '93 before she ever had the opportunity to own her own home, so he started this kind of as a tribute to her...

http://www.atlantafalcons.com/community/article.jsp?id=10123

[picasso]

wonder what Ed Nealy, Chuck Levvit and the Moose are doing these days.

[picasso]

wonder what Ed Nealy, Chuck Levvit and the Moose are doing these days.
http://www.freewebs.com/nbagiants/Chuck_Nevitt.jpg
scratch that, Chuck Nevitt.

[picasso]

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/nishi-btc/Autos/Ed%20Nealy%20skybox%20auto.jpg
we used to play the Ed Nealy drinking game in college. Needless to say we had to substitute scoring a point with just getting a rebound or touching the ball.