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1、BasketballStarsBringHope,FuntoIsraeliChildren02September2010FormerNBAbasketballplayerJeromeWilliams,left,andOrlandoMagic'sDwightHoward(filephoto)AtJerusalem'sMalchaStadium,severalhundredcheeringchildrengreetedthebasketballprosastheyjoggedintothearena. Theplayersputtheyoungpeoplethroughseveral
2、drills,includingfootwork,jumping,andsprints.TheclinicwaspartofaspecialprogramsponsoredbytheU.S.-basedSportsPowerInternational,anevangelicalChristianorganizationbasedinBaltimore,Maryland.TheplayersincludedAllanHouston,aformerNewYorkKnicksguard,whosayshemadethetripbecauseofhisfaith."We'vebeenho
3、noredtobehereandshowoursupportfornotjustthesewonderfulkidsandstudentsouthere,butjustforalltheIsraelipeoplethathaveembracedus,"hesaid.Houston,anassistanttothePresidentforBasketballOperationsfortheKnicks,joinedformerUtahJazzcenterPaulGrant,OrlandoMagiccenterDwightHowardandNewYork'sJeromeWilliam
4、sonthetrip.BillAlexsonistheheadofSportsPowerInternationalandthefounderoftheNBA'schapelprogram. HetoldVOAthatevenasecond-stringNBAstarwouldbebetterknownworldwidethansomeofthestarsoftheU.S.NationalFootballLeagueorMajorLeagueBaseball."Itaketheseplayersacrosstheglobe.Wedoexhibitiongames;wedocamps
5、,clinics,schoolassemblies,andurbanoutreaches,"saidAlexson."Andatalloftheseevents,selectedplayerswillsharetheirpersonalstoriesofhowtheyhaveovercomeadversityinlife,howtheyhavehandledsuccess.Theywillencourageyoungpeopletomakerightchoicesinlife.Andtheirtalksemphasizehavingcharacter,leadership,res
6、ponsibilityandfaith."OnWednesday,thedelegationalsometwithIsraeliPresidentShimonPeres. Theypresentedthe87-year-oldpresidentwithanautographedbasketball.TheformerNBAstarswillplaytheIsraeliteamBneiEshetinanexhibition,andwillconductaclinicattheYeminOrdeyouthvillageoutsideHaifa. YeminOrdefocusesonh
7、elpingat-riskyouth.Theresidentscomefromnumerouscountriesaroundtheworld.BillAlexsonsaysthathishopeisthattheformerNBAplayerscanhelpyoungpeopleturntheirlivesaround.Butheaddedthattheteenagersarenottheonlyoneswhobenefitfromthebasketballclinics."An