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Why Take Our College Basketball Team to Auschwitz? - Opinion

July 05, 2018

Bob McKillop, head coach of the Davidson College (NC) men’s basketball team and the fifth-longest-serving active coach in the NCAA, writes:  This week, we are taking the players we coach on the men’s basketball team at Davidson College to Auschwitz.  The volatility of our world right now requires a response informed by both a respect for human dignity and an understanding of what happens in its absence.  Life, sports, academics and experience have challenged these young men in myriad ways. They have never been tested like this.
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