Out of tragedy, sportsmanship has a shining moment

Out of tragedy, sportsmanship has a shining moment - JSOnline: "At first, Johntell Franklin just wanted to watch his friends play basketball.

'I wanted to go and support my team,' said Franklin, an 18-year-old senior at Milwaukee Madison High School. 'I'm a captain. I set an example.'

As it turned out, Franklin wound up teaching everyone in the Madison gymnasium a lesson - about friendship, about the value of sports, about themselves.

A somber cloud hung over the Knights as they played DeKalb, Ill., High School on Saturday, Feb. 7. News spread quickly that Franklin's mother, Carlitha, had died earlier that day after a five-year battle with cervical cancer. She was 39."