It was not your everyday greeting, even in the American state that produced Michael Jordan and is home to two of the most dominant schools in college basketball. A 57-year-old man still maintaining an athletic build and bouncing on the balls of his feet, walked up a supermarket aisle towards an older man shopping with two small boys.
He said hello, and then pointed to the man’s grandsons. “Are they in sports?” he asked. “Get them in sports. My son is a top-five high school basketball player in the nation. He’s sitting . . .