Chicago Bulls guard Coby White has basketball to thank for saving his life

Posted Oct 10, 2025
As current Chicago Bulls and former UNC Tar Heel guard Coby White recently discussed his vision to aid the lives and minds of challenged Black and brown youth, he reflected on what kept him from overcoming the dangerous trappings of his younger years: Family, fear and basketball. “I always say that basketball saved my life,” White said recently. (Andscape)

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