{"id":2046,"date":"2015-09-13T11:30:39","date_gmt":"2015-09-13T15:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?p=2046"},"modified":"2026-07-05T15:20:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T19:20:01","slug":"touching-moment-basketball-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/touching-moment-basketball-player","title":{"rendered":"Touching moment basketball player from opposite team hands ball to disabled player"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/YbNv2BojVz8\" title=\"Touching moment basketball player from opposite team hands ball to disabled player\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<p>A Texas teen has set the example of sportsmanship by unselfishly surrendering the basketball to a developmentally disabled member of the opposing team so he could score a point during a game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Texas teen has set the example of sportsmanship by unselfishly surrendering the basketball to a developmentally disabled member of the opposing team so he could score a point during a game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[47,37],"tags":[313,312],"class_list":["post-2046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heartwarming-videos","category-videos","tag-heartwarming","tag-videos"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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