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Her Decision: You won’t remember Brooke Copeland for what she did on the basketball court. You should remember her for what she does off it.

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Do you hear it? The ticking? She hears it. She’s been hearing it for as long as she can remember, and now it’s grown from a little pinch to a searing pain she can’t hide if she tries. She hears it when she thinks about her future — a future that, until recently, saw her heading to the WNBA. Well, no more. No more basketball for junior Brooke Copeland. Not when people are suffering, and not while she can do something about it in her limited time on earth.

On Monday afternoon, she walked into her final interview as a member of the Florida women’s basketball team.