Brendan McGair wrote a terrific piece on Emmitt Holt in August for the Woonsocket Call. For the better part of the past decade McGair has found quite a niche digging up interesting angles on the Friars, and his article on Holt was one of his best.
In it, McGair spoke with Holt’s mother about an abdominal ailment that threatened not only her son’s basketball career, but potentially his life last year. According to the article, Holt spent months at Massachusetts General Hospital and lost over 30 pounds. It was an ordeal that quickly went far beyond basketball.