Chansky’s Notebook: Ellington Chose Action Over Grief

Posted May 4, 2016
UNC’s Wayne Ellington has turned sorrow into meaningful action. Ellington, the Most Outstanding Player at the 2009 Final Four, has had to live with more than the normal ups and downs of a pro athlete. In 2014, his father was shot to death while sitting in his car in Philadelphia. Ellington channeled his grief into several anti-gun violence programs. (Chapelboro.com)

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