For MLK jr. Day: The Story of Gerald Ford and Jesse Owens
January 20th, 2020 at 12:05 PM ^
That was an awesome read! Ford's actions made me think of this quote. 
January 20th, 2020 at 12:12 PM ^
Story brought me to tears, had never heard of this. Very proud of Ford, and glad I was able to meet him before he passed on.
January 20th, 2020 at 12:39 PM ^
Fantastic story.
January 20th, 2020 at 12:47 PM ^
Always a great read - enjoyed it when it was posted last year and again this year as well!
January 20th, 2020 at 1:08 PM ^
Well-written story. Definitely worth reading at least once a year every year.
January 20th, 2020 at 2:12 PM ^
This is a wonderful story about PEOPLE. The Michigan-Ohio State part narrative is superfluous and largely irrelevant. It is brought into the story only to create drama. The people involved were worldly people and I suspect the issue of a football rivalry warranted at most a transient chuckle from them. Let's not make that the focus of the story.
I am prepared to be negbanged.
January 20th, 2020 at 2:29 PM ^
nah, +1
But I'd suggest the rivalry part is absolutely relevant -- especially in this day and age of piss, shit, f-bombs, and sometimes fists being thrown at Michigan fans by an all too large number of cooler-poopers... and also consider the property damage risks we have to contend with just because of the rivalry.
Why the rivalry matters is it gives context to being a decent human being matters most.
Kinda like this too:
I wish there were these types of reminders the other 364 days of the year too.
January 20th, 2020 at 3:26 PM ^
Tom Harmon was just a really good dude.
January 20th, 2020 at 2:15 PM ^
Thank you...needed to read this today.
January 20th, 2020 at 3:20 PM ^
That was awesome!
January 20th, 2020 at 3:47 PM ^
Thanks so very much for posting the link to that story about Jerry Ford, Jesse Owens, and Willis Ward.
Truly inspirational, a story for the ages.