[nfb-talk] Blind Hoop Shooter

[Chris Nusbaum]

OMG, Mike, you’re killing me here! I host an Internet radio show which deals with blindness related topics, and I was so excited to interview this guy. There goes my next high profile interview. LOL!

Happy April Fools’ Day, and more importantly happy Easter!

Chris Nusbaum

> On Apr 1, 2018, at 12:03 PM, Michael Bullis via nfb-talk <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> April Fools.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Judy Jones
> via nfb-talk
> Sent: Sunday, April 1, 2018 11:56 AM
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> Cc: Judy Jones <sonshines59 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Blind Hoop Shooter
> 
> I'd love to hear how he shoots hoops.
> 
> Judy
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Michael
> Bullis via nfb-talk
> Sent: Sunday, April 1, 2018 8:24 AM
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> Cc: Michael Bullis
> Subject: [nfb-talk] Blind Hoop Shooter
> 
> AP Wire Service
> 
> 10:21 AM, April 1, 2018
> 
> Date-line Boston
> 
> Blind Hoop Shooter
> 
> When Mark Danford heard that Fred Newman had shot 20,371 free throws without
> a miss and that 88 in  a row blindfolded it sounded like a challenge.
> Everyone in basketball knows the mystery of shooting free throws.  Really
> good college or nba players seldom shoot better than 75 percent while
> others, not necessarily good at dribbling or blocking, can shoot without
> missing over and over again, thousands in a row.
> 
> 
> 
> Advocates have been arguing for the past twenty years that the National
> Basketball Association should allow for a designated free throw shooter so
> people like Shaquille O'Neil wouldn't regularly have to embarrass
> themselves.  The NBA has always refused, that is, until Mark Dunford came
> along.  You see, Mark is blind and he's one of the world's best free throw
> shooters, ranked 2nd in the world with 14,321 in a row.  But, because he's
> blind and there isn't yet an audible basketball that's regulation weight and
> size, he can't be on a team.  But, man, can he shoot.  
> 
> 
> 
> For years the NBA wouldn't listen, so finally, Mark sued the NBA for
> violating the American's with Disabilities Act.  Yes, that's right.  He
> argued in federal court, in a case that went all the way to the Supreme
> Court that the NBA had an obligation to provide him with the reasonable
> accommodation of being a designated free throw shooter.
> 
> In a nine to zero decision, the NBA lost, an tonight, after twenty two years
> of trying, on April 1st, 2018, Mark Dunford will play in his first NBA game
> between Boston and Milwaukee.  
> 
> Mark says, "Some people thought this was just a joke, but, tonight they'll
> see the truth.  This date will always live in my memory and I'm so glad it's
> an easy date to remember.  I can't wait to shoot that first free throw."
> 
> 
> 
> So, basketball fans, whether blind or sighted, take heart, you too might
> remember this date as well for its significance to free throw shooters and
> nonfree throw shooters alike.  
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