Craig Covey and Kevin Byrne – The Scores Report – The National Sports Blog https://www.scoresreport.com The National Sports Blog Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:03:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.8 Two off-duty firemen save teammate on the hardwood https://www.scoresreport.com/2009/07/12/two-off-duty-firemen-save-teammate-on-the-hardwood/ https://www.scoresreport.com/2009/07/12/two-off-duty-firemen-save-teammate-on-the-hardwood/#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:01:13 +0000 https://www.scoresreport.com/?p=21218

I play in a pretty competitive adult rec league in Newport Beach. I was away on vacation, but last week, one of my teammates collapsed on the court and stopped breathing. Here’s what happened…

If it had been any other night, he’d probably be dead. If he had decided to join another team, he could be dead. If even one thing had been different about Tuesday, he might not be here for his wife and kids.

But like friend Craig Covey said, “The moons, planets and the stars, everything was in alignment.”

It’s one of those stories you just can’t make up.

Read the rest of the story here…

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