For me, Scott Padgett’s story will always be about redemption.
Some players are defined by stats, others by championships. But a select few are defined by moments—moments so powerful they become woven into the fabric of your own life as a fan. They become your moments, too.
A wound six years in the making
I was five years old in 1992. I don’t remember much from that age, but I vividly remember the tears streaming down my face, hugging my dad, after Christian Laettner hit "The Shot." It was my first real sports heartbreak, a wound that every Kentucky fan of that era carried with them.