I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER FOR YOU

My wife and I bought season tickets to University of Arizona basketball in 1983, which happened to be Steve Kerr’s freshman year.  We watched him for four years as he became a local hero, and then – against all odds – found a niche in the National Basketball Association.  As a player, he was good enough to contribute, mostly from the bench, to five NBA champions.  As the coach of the Golden State Warriors, he’s added three more championships in the past four years.

I’m proud of Steve Kerr for his success as a player and a coach (not that I did anything to help him achieve it), but I’m proudest because he doesn’t duck political controversy.  He’s outspoken in favor of sensible gun control, against racism, and against the attempts by the current resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to politicize sports. 

I bring this up on the occasion of his latest comment about the National Rifle Association.   Upon learning that the NRA claims to be going broke, Kerr tweeted: “Don’t send money……thoughts and prayers should suffice.”

Live long and prosper, Steve!