A Lacrosse Movie?

"Silverman was a 27-year-old assistant graduate school dean at Morgan State in 1969 when Earl Banks, the school's legendary football coach and athletic director, stopped him on a walk across campus. Baltimore's epic civil rights struggle was at a crescendo. 'Earl said to me, "Silverman, you're white; you play lacrosse?" ' Silverman recalled. Next thing I knew, I was coaching.'"

Mar 21, 2005 in Spurts