Two basketball players will never forget March 31, 2013: Kevin Ware and Jaron Blossomgame.
Both high school stars from the Atlanta area, Ware was a sophomore playing for Louisville in the Elite 8 that day. He suffered one of the most gruesome leg injuries in televised sports when his leg broke while landing awkwardly after trying to block a shot.
Watching in Clemson, South Carolina, Blossomgame knew the horror too well.
A year before, Blossomgame suffered the same injury to his left leg in a workout.
Ware’s injury was on national TV. Blossomgame’s was in an empty gym.