"It was just devastating to realize that he's going to have to go through some of the things I went through,” Jake Olson said ...
Like many great and unusual ideas the inspiration for founding South Sudan’s first blind football team came during lockdown.
KOCHI: Football is a game of keen observation, acute perception, and brisk and agile movements — which require keen senses. But what when sight is no longer part of the picture? Welcome to the world ...
Jake Olson, who made headlines as a blind long snapper for USC, talks about the insights he’s gained about overcoming adversity since losing his sight at age 12 and how he uses his experiences to ...
Yona Sabri Ellon cannot see the ball at his feet, but he can hear it. A faint rattle guides him past a defender and he fires into the back of the net. Ellon has taken his South Sudanese blind football ...