Kevin Parrom Works Back from Tragedy

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This was a very good feature story from Jeff Goodman of CBSSports.com about Arizona forward Kevin Parrom.

What has happened to Parrom over the past few months is one of the saddest sequences of events that one could think of any person, let alone a college-aged person, could go through.

His grandmother died of cancer. Not too long after, he found out that his mother's condition had degenerated and she was losing her battle with cancer. While on a trip to see his mother in the Bronx, he was shot in the leg and hand. His mother died shortly thereafter.

I commend Jeff Goodman on a well-written feature that deals with a very emotional subject, obviously. I liked the way he led into the story. It was a very blunt and emotionally-charged sentence that draws you into the rest of the story.

Goodman came over from Fox in the spring and has been a great addition to the ever-improving CBSSports.com lineup. I prefer their writing to ESPN's. Very insightful, with not only news, but features like this, as well.