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2nd Round Draft pick out of Oklahoma, wide receiver Malcolm Kelly from July 3-10, is traveling to the great nation of Liberia in Africa on behalf of the global charity Mercy Ships.

Mercy Ships provide free medical and dental care, as well as surgery if needed. They operate hospital ships, staffed by crews of professional medical and non-medical volunteers, to serve the poor in developing nations. They even offer rehabilitation and educational services to break the cycle of diseases. Mercy Ships has performed 1.7 million medical services worldwide since the organization’s inception in 1978. Volunteers on Mercy Ships have also visited communities to help construct clinics, orphanages and water wells, as well as develop agriculture programs.
Malcolm Kelly will visit the world’s largest non-governmental hospital ship currently docked in Monrovia, Liberia, known as the “Africa Mercy”.
“It was a big Army ship, but they turned it into a hospital,” Kelly said. “What they do is, they travel around the world and the people in the countries line up to get free checkups. It’s everything from orthopedic surgery to dental checkups–everything they can’t afford over there.”
“We take for granted too much over here [in the United States],” Kelly said. “We take for granted that we can wake up, go to a fountain and get clean water. There are people in other countries drinking dirty water and that’s what everyday life is for them. So I just want to go over [to Liberia] and be a part of helping out.”
For more on this story, check out “Man on a Mission” on Redskins.com
For more information on Mercy Ships, visit HERE.

Ok, so we are a little late compared to Dan Steinberg’s [Washington Post Sports Bog] comical summary of the Biggest Charity Basketball event in Washington DC history, but we made it worth the little wait…. We start off by giving you a preview of the attendees of the event and soon to come, will be a detailed play by play game highlight of the entire basketball game (which had a great ending by the way) thanks to our great new sports athlete website affiliate TBA (shh!). Here we follow Fred Smoot from his wardrobe malfunction in the locker room on to the basketball court. He shoots around with other stars namely Terrell Owens who missed EVERY single shot during warm-ups (but still had ladies screaming all night whether he made the shots or not), Kenyon Martin, DJ Clue, Vernon Davis and of course the gorgeous Melyssa Ford and her infamous “Hooters” tank top, who at the end of the video clip showed her violent side when Freaky Ty assaulted her with one of many tasty SMACK Chocolate Energy Bars he stole from the locker room coolers. Enjoy!