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Peter Gladkevich

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Article text courtesy of nytimes.com ‘You just feel hopeless’: Twenty years after St. Joe’s historic hoops run, an absence haunts the team

But on this August afternoon it is pin-drop quiet in the house. The kids have left and the mood is heavy as Martelli pages through the texts from a person he always considered part of his family. The messages all follow the same pattern: a desperate request for help, a pressing need for money – to pay the dope man, the bartender, or, to get off the streets and find safety.