The Legend of Sister Jean the Yo-Yo Coach

If you follow college basketball you may have heard of Sister Jean. She is the famous 101-year-old chaplain of the Loyola-Chicago men’s basketball team. 70 years ago, she also coached a yo-yo team.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/sister-jean-loyola-chicago-march-madness-yo-yo-11616718761

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Very cool! I could not find any videos of her teaching yoyo but they probably do not even exist.

Awesome. Super neat that she tied a yoyo to her finger before people started tying a balloon around her wrist like she’s an inanimate object.

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