By DAVE ZEITLIN, Staff Writer
All across the globe, from rusty playgrounds to patches of grass to isolated gymnasiums with the lights on and the doors unlocked, there are athletes. And all of them have a story. Here in suburban Philadelphia, a basketball player named Kehinde Roberts has become a fixture on the of Chester County athletic scene, playing the game first at Downingtown High, then at Bishop Shanahan High, and now at West Chester University.
The son of a single, white, middle-class woman, Roberts developed a passion for basketball the same way many other young boys do — by staring at the television set, mesmerized by the sleek, almost effortless ability of NBA players. Sometimes he cramps up so badly he needs to drink pickle juice. But when he’s on the floor, his game is explosive. He can make a basket with three hands in his face, and when he drives to the hole it seems as if defenders are standing still.
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