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Touching photo of coal miner taking son to basketball game goes viral, and now the coach is getting involved
Right News Now ^ | 10-25-2022 | Jim Clayborn

Posted on 10/25/2022 7:24:50 AM PDT by montag813

by Jim Clayborn | RNN

Here's a touching palate cleanser to start the day.

The Kentucky Wildcats hosted their annual "blue-white scrimmage" when a father and son caught the eye of Coach John Calipari.

The father, a coal miner, sat there with his face still covered in coal dust while his son looked excited to be at the game and with his dad.

Coach Calipari snapped a photo and tweeted "My family’s American dream started in a Clarksburg, WV coal mine, so this picture hits home. From what I’ve been told, after his shift, he raced to be with his son & watch our team."

A user responded with an incredible comment the man's wife Mollie McGuire posted on Facebook. She was at the game with them:

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KEYWORDS: americanstory; basketball; coal; dadsbeingdads; familytime; godbless; kentucky; miner
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To: montag813

good pic of a great man and father!


81 posted on 10/25/2022 3:19:27 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: Ann Archy

Oh no, I didn’t think that :)


82 posted on 10/25/2022 3:31:06 PM PDT by pnz1 ("These people have gone stone-cold crazy")
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To: Ann Archy

“I was NOT putting him down!! GOD Bless him and his family!”

I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to imply you were at all :)


83 posted on 10/25/2022 3:32:42 PM PDT by pnz1 ("These people have gone stone-cold crazy")
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To: thefactor

Well, it probably is. But hey, I guess you gotta suffer for fashion.


84 posted on 10/26/2022 5:43:49 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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