Two months after season ends, Fantasia Goodwin is a mom
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You read that right.
I just came across an item in this week’s Sports Illustrated on Fantasia Goodwin (above), the former Martin Luther King star. Apparently, there came shocking news from Syracuse last week when it was revealed that the Syracuse junior played the 2006-07 season while pregnant.
I immediately rushed to my computer just now and checked for further information. It appears the Syracuse athletic department has confirmed Goodwin played the season pregnant and that she has since given birth.
“Here is a story from the SU student newspaper with comment from Goodwin.”:http://media.www.dailyorange.com/media/storage/paper522/news/2007/04/25/Sports/Year-In.Sports.Fantasia.Goodwin.Speaks.About.Pregnancy-2878171.shtm
She gave birth last week, about two months after sitting out the final game of the season. It appears Goodwin first told her coach she was pregnant the day before the final game, on Feb. 26, and that he immediately told her she wasn’t playing and that she needed to see a doctor.
Amazing story. You can only hope that Fantasia and her baby are 100 percent healthy.
Reportedly, she plans on returning to Syracuse for her senior season, so I imagine this isn’t the last we’ll hear about the story. This is something I can see exploding in the future.
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on Thursday, May 3rd, 2007 at 2:24 am by Josh Thomson. 
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Josh Thomson has done some of everything since joining The Journal News in March 2003. He began working for the Gannett weeklies during the winter of 2002 as a freelance writer. He joined the daily staff soon after and has since covered various high school and pro sports. Away from sportswriting, Josh lives in Westchester and spends his free time either with his fiancee, Sarah, or expertly managing his various championship-winning fantasy sports teams. He's visited 21 major-league baseball stadiums and insists that Fenway Park and Wrigley Field are the best by far. Josh graduated from Carmel High School in 1998, then went to Boston University, where, in 2002, he received a degree in communications with a minor in history.
josh, how could the coaches and administrators not notice? probably wearing blinders, if you ask me. i think she has the right not to tell anyone and to play ball if she wants to and feels up to it. but come on….how could you not notice that something is off? a little weight gain? sluggishness? chowing down just a touch more on road trips? come on!
yeah, josh, i read that article in SI also…I was actually going to ask you about it but it looks like you read my mind!