Making a U-Turn

Religion | A Richmond sports academy uses athletics to share the gospel and change lives | Les Sillars

RICHMOND, Va.— Sunshine streams through the bay doors of the U-Turn Sports Performance Academy, but inside it's raining three-pointers. Maurice Carter and Tim Black are honing their jumpers at the newly converted warehouse on the north side of Richmond, Va., draining shot after shot as U-Turn coach Mike Davis eyes them critically from mid-court. "Don't pull back, Mo," he calls. Carter nods and on the next shot holds his follow-through a little longer.

The players were both standout point guards in college. Last year Carter started for the Pittsburgh Explosion of the American Basketball Association and Black played his third season in Germany, his 23 points per game leading the Paderborn Baskets to a 30-0 record and a 50-game win streak. They both hope against long odds for a free-agent tryout with an NBA club. "I see some of those guys who are drafted, and I think, 'If he can make it, I can definitely make it,'" says Carter.

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July 22, 2006, Vol. 21, No. 28

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