Thanks Mean Joe! Karl! From the great Norm Clarke of the Las Vegas Review-Journal comes this story of former Utah Jazz star Karl Malone and his induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. Along comes this 12-year-old boy in a wheelchair along with his dad, who asks Malone for an autograph for his son. What happens next?
Luxor executive Gene Kilroy was a guest of NBA great Karl Malone’s during the latter’s induction last weekend in the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. Kilroy was standing with Malone when a man approached pushing a 12-year-old handicapped boy in a wheelchair. The father asked whether Malone would sign an autograph for his son, adding that several former NBA stars had declined. Malone responded by giving the boy the Hall of Fame jacket he had just received. Malone told the boy that he would have a jacket to wear when he graduated from high school.
What is this watery discharge from my eyes? Damn seasonal allergies.
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Norm Clarke [Las Vegas Review-Journal]
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- Aints Fan - Aug 23, 2010 at 9:27 PM
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I did not like Karl Malone especially when he would give interviews in the third person. But I must say what a classy thing to do to a young man. This young man will never forget that experience. Way to go Karl; because of this I can almost forgive you for robbing mj’s MVP.
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- terry - Aug 24, 2010 at 8:59 AM
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damn that was like a week ago reported by sports illustraded
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- Matt - Aug 24, 2010 at 12:28 PM
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I don’t give a rat’s ass if it was a month ago reported by your mother that was a damn nice thing to do — and it’s the first I heard about it “Terry the Hater”
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- Tim - Aug 24, 2010 at 1:36 PM
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LOL…. awesome thing to do big Karl!! It is funny how no other media is stating that the other players were refusing to sign autographs for this poor kid, I think they should mention it! Go Lakers!!!
