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Article: HARDY PLAYS WITH PURPOSE
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- Roanoke Times & World News
- Article date:
- August 27, 2003
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As talk turned to his family, a distracted Jermaine Hardy started
digging through items at the back of his locker, finally unearthing a
sheet of paper with the photocopied pictures of three girls and their
mother.
"I've dedicated this season to them," said Hardy, a Virginia
junior slated to make his first collegiate start Saturday night
against Duke.
The photos were of Angela Arrington and three of her daughters,
shot to death April 4 in their Northwest Roanoke home.
Hardy received an excuse from spring practice and was among 800
mourners at the funeral, at which his uncle preached.
"We've got a real close, big family," said Hardy's mother, Angela,
whose sister is Angela Arrington's mother. ...