Chef Michael Hunter

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19 years ago, a high school basketball coach put his team manager into a game for the final four minutes. The kid had never played a single minute of competitive basketball in his life. He scored 20 points. Jason McElwain was diagnosed with severe autism at age two. He didn’t speak until he was five. He couldn’t chew solid food until he was six. He wore a nappy for most of his early childhood. As a baby, he was rigid, wouldn’t make eye contact, and hid in corners away from other children. He tried out for his school basketball team every year and got cut every time. Too small. Too slight. Barely 5’6 and about 54 kilograms. But he loved the game so much that his mum called the school and asked if there was any way he could be involved. The coach created a team manager role for him. For three years, McElwain showed up to every practice and every game. He wore a shirt and tie on match days. He ran drills, handed out water, kept stats, and cheered every basket like he’d scored it himself. On 15 February 2006, the last home game of his final school year, the coach let him suit up in a proper jersey and sit on the bench. With four minutes left and a comfortable lead, the coach sent him in. His first shot missed. His second missed. Then something shifted. He hit a three-pointer. Then another. Then another. His teammates stopped shooting entirely and just kept passing him the ball. He hit six three-pointers and a two-pointer. 20 points in four minutes. The highest scorer in the game. When the final buzzer went, the entire crowd rushed the court and lifted him onto their shoulders. His mum tapped the coach on the shoulder, in tears. “This is the nicest gift you could have ever given my son.” McElwain won the ESPY Award for Best Moment in Sports that year, beating out some of the biggest names in professional sport. He’s 36 now. He works at a local supermarket, coaches basketball, has run 17 marathons including five Boston Marathons, and travels the country speaking about never giving up. When asked about that night, his coach still gets emotional. “For him to come in and seize the moment like he did was certainly more than I ever expected. I was an emotional wreck.”

@lyft driver drove off as I was trying to access his trunk and get my belongings. He is unreachable. This is a nightmare and support is useless with no answers.

Cooking dogs on the buddy heater while ice fishing is luxury

@maybedanielleee Best way to learn how to drive in snow.

For those that moved to the South, please say the following statement 25 times — “We DO NOT call the cops on kids doing donuts in empty parking lots.” We don’t do that. You don’t do that. Thank you.

@brianlilley I may not agree with some of his policies but he seems like a classy guy.

Wan Kinew for the win in the Crown Royal fight.

@MeatEaterTV Those haunt you for life

Time heals all. Other than that last deer you missed.

@IIHFHockey it’s a Canadian thing

@CanadianRed89 Luxury

@TheHunterChef A pork belly breakfast tomo with a glass of nog? Unbeatable

Eggnog is the best Christmas drink

MAX DOMI COAST TO COAST!!! @OREO | #LeafsForever

@MeatEaterTV Red cedar, yara wood in Australia is pretty fine too

what's the best smelling firewood?

Can we give the C back to Tavares now? Mathew’s is mia for the last season and a half

Look at this lazy bum

I’m most definitely not ready for Christmas

HOLY MACKINAW Joe Bowen you will be greatly missed. Enjoy your retirement

First time in Sudbury for a hockey tournament, walking to dinner we got to see a lovely couple smoking a long glass crack pipe in the parking lot. Very educational for my teenage son. I was expecting a quaint little city. Since when is this ok? We send so much money abroad and ignore our problems at home. Just sad.

Kyle Palmieri doing this right after tearing his ACL is unbelievable and the most hockey player thing ever. Huge blow to the #Isles though.

Has Swiss chalet always been terrible or is it like Tim Hortons which used to be good? I can’t remember.

Chip’s doing great!