Article: CULTURE: Forget the glory - it's education you need; Alison Jones receives a little coaching from Samuel L Jackson.(Features)

Byline: Alison Jones

Imagine if Blues made it to within a hair's breadth of winning the Premiership and a week before the deciding match, Steve Bruce benched the whole team until they took, and passed, an A level. Each.

It sounds bizarre, ludicrous even. To have the prize within their grasp only to be denied because their brains are in their boots.

And if the players were indignant, that would be nothing compared to the reaction of the fans.

Yet back in January 1999 in Richmond, California, a high school basketball coach made national ...

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