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Saving Lives: Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Athletes

ThePostGame (March 22, 2011)

Written in the aftermath of the death of Michigan high school basketball player Wes Leonard, this magazine-length article was featured on the home page of Yahoo! and received national attention.

The season is over, the cameras have left. Other stories have captured the hearts of the country.

All that’s left in Fennville, Mich., are the memories. The nightmarish memories of how high school basketball star Wes Leonard collapsed on the court and died shortly after hitting a game-winning shot on March 3.