KALAMAZOO, MI - Sports bring families together, but they also create tension when rooting interests come into conflict on the field.
Such is the case in Western Michigan's Mid-American Conference opener against Ball State, which kicks off 7 p.m. Saturday at Waldo Stadium.
The game is part of a nationwide effort to raise money and awareness for Duchenne muscular dystrophy through an American Football Coaches Association initiative called Coach to Cure MD.
College football coaches across the country will wear patches and armbands mentioning Duchenne, a disease that occurs in 1 in 3,500 to 5,000 males born worldwide, and since the initiative's 2008 inception, it has raised $1.