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Article: NBA's Robinson builds legacy off the court in San Antonio.(The Dallas Morning News)
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- February 13, 2003
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Byline: Joshua Benton
SAN ANTONIO _ David Robinson looms large wherever he goes. Being a 7-foot-1-inch multimillionaire and one of the most famous centers in basketball history will do that to a man.
But to an 8-year-old getting a world-class education because of his generosity, he's even bigger.
"He's the best," said Brogan Lozano, a third-grader at the Carver Academy, Robinson's multimillion-dollar experiment in bringing elite private education to San Antonio's poor east side. "He believes in us, and he'll do anything to help us."
The Carver Academy opened in the fall of 2001, but it's already being hailed as a model for how to ...