Word: laureus
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...there are flashes. Becker is a member of the Laureus World Sports Academy, a European foundation devoted to achieving social change through sports, and when he heard about its support of the Richmond, Virginia-based Midnight Basketball program, he insisted on seeing it in action. A barely publicized event in mid-April promised little in the way of image-polishing, but Becker went to Richmond anyway, attended a workshop, gave a pep talk, borrowed some socks and sneakers and played ball - all before an audience of only 100 people. A month earlier, he had spent two days working...
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