On Saturday morning, the JDRF held its One Walk event in downtown Tampa, one of 200 such walks the organization conducts annually in its efforts to wipe out type 1 diabetes. Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston, who is passionate about the cause, took part in the event, though not exactly in the way its name suggests.
Instead, Winston chose to run the three-mile course, which started at Amalie Arena and stretched out along Bayshore Drive. There was a driving force in his decision to attack the walk with gusto: his grandmother, Myrtle Winston, who passed away late last month.