Ben Osborne worked with me to produce this piece on Chris Sandy for SLAM Online, the website of SLAM magazine. I contacted many people about this and a good number of people got back to me. I feel like this, being that I knew Chris, being that I knew his teammates, that if I'd went to public school I'd of went to Newtown, I felt I needed to get out there and put something down about his life and put things in a proper perspective. I'm just so glad SLAM Online jumped at the chance to do it, because, when things like this happen it's usually some small AP story. I refused to let Chris's life be reduced to a few paragraphs. As the editors will tell you, I didn't.
http://slamonline.com/online/2006/12/the-life-and-death-of-a-true-globetrotter/
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Caputo: I am forever indebted to you; not because I have borrowed money or anything... but because of the piece you wrote on Chris Sandy and what he did for the game of basketball (albeit on a minor level). Chris and I dated off and of when I first moved to NYC. Even though things were shaky between us, it's still nice to read something on a guy that touched quite a few peoples' lives. He was def. one in a million. There are no others out there like him. I didn't get a chance to go to his viewing nor the funeral but I didn't need an event like that to say goodbye nor have I said goodbye in my heart to him. Like I said before, your article did him justice and in me you have a new and devoted fan. Much love!
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