Phenomenal Article on Espn that was penned by Coleman Collins former VT hoopster
http://espn.go.com/olympics/basketball/story/_/id/11453771/coleman-colli...
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I hope some of you read this article, you would be amazed at how well written it is. Probably the best piece I have ever read on ESPN. Coleman has a bright future after basketball!
For those who aren't aware, Collins wrote this piece on the third anniversary of 4/16. It's an article I share each year.
I always enjoyed reading Coleman's pieces for the CT. He's a sharp guy.
Way to represent, Mr. Collins.
When someone looks up 'Hokie' in the dictionary, I hope that they find your picture.
Very smart guy.
Wow. What an experience. And so thoughtfully articulated By Coleman!
In each of our Profiles, we get to list our favorite Hokie. This piece is exactly why Coleman is my favorite. He's such a thoughtful, erudite person, and is a great representative of our school. I'm proud to say that I lost my voice cheering for him during his time at Tech. Keep writing, Coleman. We're all better people after reading what you wrote.
Every single one of us should read this article. Poignant, insightful, eye-opening. Coleman is a really good writer, and even the comments section is complimentary of the piece.
Coleman was just on SiriusXM's NBA Radio talking about his piece. He did a great job extrapolating on his column, especially with regard to the difficulties understanding and rationalizing the situation as an American. Great to hear a former Hokie being recognized for his work, on or off the court.
I would love to hear that. Does anyone know of ways to get such audio?
The unrest currently happening in Ukraine has many ramifications--political, economic, social, etc--for not just the populations living in or nearby to Ukraine (specifically the Crimean region) at the moment, but for many of us. It would be wise to read a little (at the minimum I'd suggest the Coleman article--what a poised introduction to a foreigner's introduction to geopolitical turmoil) about what is happening there just to keep yourself informed and think critically about how it relates to your value structures as the situation unfolds. The fight for Crimea is indeed quite complicated and the stemming situations are filled with historical and future complexities. I wish Coleman had been playing for Antalyaspor (the Antalya team within the larger Turkish League) during my time in Turkey as I'm sure we could have had some insightful discussions and shared some fascinating observations and experiences during the Gezi Park conflict and ensuing protest movement over some decisions and scandals involved in the Prime Ministry of Recep Tayyip Erdogan. It's extremely comforting to know that there are American expats in the sporting industry overseas that deconstruct the notions of those of whom Eugene Burdick spoke about in his book The Ugly American.
If you want a visual layout portraying the stages in the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, this one isn't terrible as a start:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/02/27/world/europe/ukraine-divis...
Chris, if you read The Key Play, thanks for your writing.