An Ability to Inspire and So Much More

Alex Beckett

GUILFORD, Conn.  — Sometimes, sports are about more than just wins and losses, home runs and touchdowns, bounty programs and beanballs.
Sometimes, sports can reaffirm all that’s good about people, while also putting life in better perspective. Like when a group of high school athletes takes in and accepts a kid with learning disabilities as one of its own, makes him feel a part of something positive and forges a special bond that words, quite literally, can’t describe.