Dexter Strickland Excited for Aircraft Carrier Game
Posted Jun 18, 2011
Dexter Strickland has played in Madison Square Garden, the Dean Smith Center and Cameron Indoor Stadium. But he’s never played on the deck of an aircraft carrier. That will change on Veteran’s Day when Strickland and his UNC teammates play Michigan State on the USS Carl Vinson, the aircraft carrier that carried Osama bin Laden’s body to a burial at sea.
(Zag's Blog)
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