I'm sure there's some type of rule about posting stuff that's on other boards, and if I violated it, I apologize in advance and will never do it again...
Posted by Brian Gates on GoPowercat...
I wish there was a way to share this story with more people. This will get it out to a lot of K-State people, I realize, but feel free to pass this along to anyone you want to.
Blade Winter, an 11-year old boy from Clifton, is battling leukemia. He was at the women’s game on Saturday night and had made his way down by his cousin and was sitting on the aisle beside his cousin so he could see the Marching Cobras a little better.
One of the Bramlage ushers made their way down to him and told him he would not be able to stay sitting on the aisle like that.
That is when Michael Beasley told the usher that Blade was with him. He had Blade come sit down by him in the chairs on the floor. So, Blade sat there with Michael, and his friends (Jamar Samuels, Dominique Sutton and James Franklin).
His mother told me that Blade has battled chemotherapy for nearly six of the last eight years of his life. That fact (and probably the leukemia existing) wasn’t known by Michael when he invited Blade down to the seats with them.
They also gave Blade an autographed t-shirt while he was sitting there with them.
I know we all watch them on the court and are thrilled with their play out there, but these guys are truly great representatives of Kansas State University.
