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Archive Home > 2007 > February > 16 > Unlikely coach, improbable athletes add up to a good thing

Unlikely coach, improbable athletes add up to a good thing


February 16, 2007

Take an unlikely coach, add what at first glance seems to be an improbable group of athletes, mix them, and what emerges is something far greater than the sum of its parts. The Bend Special Olympics snowshoeing team does and is just that.

Tim Ball, a 39-year-old mechanic, is the unlikely coach.....

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