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staff writer WILLIAM FOLKS
Bjorn Aubre Mckie will never wea
the championship ring he won last sea
son when his Gamecock basketball teai
claimed the University of South Cai
olina's first-ever Southeastern Confei
ence title.
It's not that he lost it, it's just th
hard-earned symbol of excellence, a pri
cious, lifetime momento of outstandin
achievement, won't even fit onto Bj'
finger. But it does fit nicely somewher
else: on the ring finger of his fathei
Bernard Mckie.
"There's nothing more importar
than family," Bernard once said. "Whe
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a kid says, Hey, I've worked hard for
this but I realize the work that my dad
and my mom have put in, and I want
to give my dad this ring.' And within
the next breath he said, 'Mom, the next
time we win it, I'm giving it to you.' That
just shows you how unselfish he is, as
a person and as a player."
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"They're two of my best friends as
well as my parents," Bj said. "They always
tell me that if I dropped basketball
tomorrow they would still love
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mother, Beverly Mckie, has a
insight on South Carolina's reslperhero.
used to love Superman," recalls
r, "and he was always running,
le was little he would get me to
wel around his neck, and then
Id take off running down the
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I, running, running really fast
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i. You need to stop.' Well he
, turned around and said "Okay,
son laughs when confronted
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Dt of energy," Bj said,
aany ways, Bj Mckie still is.
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