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\n<\/p>\n

\n

[For this
\nyear\u2019s Super Bowl series, I wanted to highlight inspiring American sports stories
\nand figures, past and present. Leading up to a special pre-Valentine\u2019s tribute
\nto my two favorite American athletes!]<\/p>\n

On two
\ninspiring layers to the most recent NBA Finals MVP<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

I wrote briefly
\nabout the inspiring stories behind Boston Celtics superstar Jaylen Brown in this
\nSaturday Evening Post <\/i>Considering History column<\/a> on the Celtics. In lieu
\nof a full first paragraph here I\u2019d ask you to check out that column if you
\nwould, and then come on back for more on what makes Brown such an inspiring
\nsports story.<\/span><\/p>\n

Welcome
\nback! Brown\u2019s social and political advocacy and activism are without doubt the
\nmost inspiring layers to his career and life, far beyond the basketball court,
\nand were nicely traced in this excellent William
\nRhoden essay<\/a> for Andscape. It\u2019s not just that he\u2019s so committed to those
\nefforts, but also the language and ideas on which they depend\u2014look at the homepage for his 7uice
\nFoundation<\/a>, for example, which leads with \u201cA History of Systemic Racism\u201d! I\u2019ve
\nwritten before in this space about the 2015-2017 Boston
\nGlobe Spotlight investigation<\/span><\/a><\/i>
\nwhich revealed that the median
\nnet worth for Black families<\/a> in Boston was $8, a statistic that is as complicated
\nas statistics always are<\/a> but that nonetheless captures quite definitively
\nthe legacies of systemic racism in the city for which Brown plays professional basketball.
\nBrown\u2019s foundation represents a direct and vital response to such histories and
\nrealities, and that alone makes him one of our most inspiring contemporary athletes.<\/span><\/p>\n

But as his
\nexcellent Hot
\nOnes interview<\/span><\/a><\/i> reminded us,
\nthere\u2019s even more to Brown than his combination of athletic and activist
\nachievements. A Berkeley grad who was offered
\na NASA internship<\/a>, became the youngest person ever to deliver
\nan invited lecture at Harvard<\/a> when he did so at the age of 21, and in his role
\nas an MIT Media
\nLab Fellow<\/a> co-founded the
\nBridge Program<\/a> which mentors Boston high schoolers of color who are
\ninterested in STEM, Brown was described by certain scouts as \u201ctoo
\nsmart\u201d for the NBA<\/a> before he was drafted in 2016. Obviously that
\nperspective is caught up in all kinds of limited and prejudicial mindsets that
\ntell us more about those holding them than they ever could about Brown. But
\nthere\u2019s no doubt that he\u2019s a unique professional athlete in any sport, and from
\nany time period, one who exemplifies the best kind of Renaissance person that also
\ncan and should inspire all of us to be our most multilayered and best selves. <\/span><\/p>\n

Last
\ninspiring story tomorrow,<\/span><\/p>\n

Ben<\/span><\/p>\n

PS. What
\ndo you think? Inspiring sports stories or figures you\u2019d highlight?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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