CEDAR FALLS, Ia. — The ink says it all.
Just below his left shoulder is where the two-part image starts, running down his entire upper arm before stopping right above the elbow. An angel cradles a basketball while calmly staring down at its prized possession. Across its halo reads the phrase: “A Love I Can’t Explain.”
Jordan Ashton got the tattoo last summer. His journey has been anything but precise — four colleges in five years, a circuitous route that covers nearly 700 miles from first stop to last — yet five easy words precisely sum it up.