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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

A little shift on the information of what Amber Gray, her family and the Lady Vol family has dealt with. From earlier reports I'd thought they'd caught an aneurysm before it...well, got unpleasant. Now, it appears Gray suffered a stroke.
Amber Gray had a ginger walk, an arm sling and a droopy eyelid, but anyone who ever saw the former Ohio prep basketball player of the year in action, would have immediately recognized that her fighting spirit remains intact.

The 19-year-old University of Tennessee basketball player predicted Tuesday during a press conference at the Drake Center that she would return to the sport she loves despite a broken blood vessel in her brain that caused a stroke and threatened her life.