Baltimore Still Runs in Muggsy Bogues’s Blood

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Growing up on the streets of Baltimore, Muggsy Bogues has faced adversity throughout his life. From suffering a bullet wound at the age of five, poverty and being the shortest player in NBA history, nothing has stopped him.

Crime, drugs and gangs found a home at Lafayette Court, along with 500 families, making an escape from the East Baltimore project dwellings nearly impossible. Anyone who entered the premises, let alone lived there, walked into an endless cycle of violence at every corner at any time. Private security guards hired to protect the grounds reportedly…