Last year, Marc Gasol of the Memphis Grizzlies had a chance meeting with the founder of Proactiva Open Arms, a group that rescues immigrants fleeing war, persecution and poverty via the open sea. Last month, Gasol joined a search-and-rescue effort aboard two ships and the adventure will be the subject of Sunday’s SC Featured segment on ESPN SportsCenter.
“Open Arms” will debut in the 10 a.m. ET edition of SportsCenter on Sunday and re-air in other editions throughout the day. Veteran ESPN reporter Gene Wojciechowski traveled to the Mediterranean Sea and within 80 miles of the Libyan coast for what he describes as “a story unlike any other I’ve ever been a part of.