Wednesday, July 11, 2007

How Sports Can Build a Bridge

Passionate sports fans can get carried away with the games, sometimes acting like they're life and death events.

There are times, however, when sports can have a real impact among people who are truly dealing with life and death situations as a normal part of their lives.

That's the type of story ESPN's Tom Friend tells about how an organization called Peace Players International used basketball to find some common ground for Catholics and Protestants, usually enemies from birth, in Northern Ireland.

Click here to read "Hate Is a Waste of Time."

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