{"id":1842,"date":"2007-02-17T01:46:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-17T01:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/02\/stephan-bekale-is-in-the-house.html"},"modified":"2007-02-17T01:46:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-17T01:46:00","slug":"stephan-bekale-is-in-the-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/02\/stephan-bekale-is-in-the-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephan Bekale is in the house"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just got back from Sine with MC Hamme where we were unusually popular. One guy in a Penn State hat shook my hand (I am wearing the PSU hockey sweater) and another came up an introduced himself as <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Stephan Bekale<\/span>. I recognized his name as being a Penn State basketball player during the Jerry Dunn era. He was a nice guy, but I could not remember specifics about his career. I just Googled him and most of links returned are about his role as founder as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoopsforafrica.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Hoops for Africa<\/span><\/a>. Their mission statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>HoopsForAfrica is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation based in the Washington, D.C. region that is committed to educating the youth of Africa about HIV\/AIDS prevention and the importance of good nutrition. We leverage the popularity of professional basketball players and other celebrities to gain the attention of young Africans and deliver HoopsForAfrica&#8217;s &#8220;Play safe, stay alive&#8221; message.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s great, hopefully I&#8217;ll be able to run into him again now that I am informed about the good things he is doing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/StephanBekale\" rel=\"tag\">Stephan Bekale<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/HoopsForAfrica\" rel=\"tag\">Hoops For Africa<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/PennStateBasketball\" rel=\"tag\">Penn State Basketball<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just got back from Sine with MC Hamme where we were unusually popular. 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