(Photo: Al Goldis, Associated Press, Al Goldis, Associated Press)
East Lansing — As Joshua Langford spoke, detailing how he nearly died from bacterial meningitis when he was 12 years old, and now about dealing with a broken bone in his left foot that shut down his basketball season after 13 games, his words resonated, clearly the result of someone who has dug deep in his soul searching.
It seems unfair to quickly point out that Langford is a junior Michigan State shooting guard, because there is so much more to him than being a basketball player who, with his surgically repaired left foot wrapped in a protective boot, will be unable to play in the upcoming Final Four.