Tag: South Bay
South Bay Coach Preaches Team First
By Julie Devine For South Bay coach Dave Barro, Special Olympics Southern California is an experience of a lifetime. In more than nine years, he has seen basketball transform lives ...
USA Games Spotlight: Jonathan Pierce
By Naomi Cahill and Tracy McDannald FEDERAL WAY, Wash. -- In the time leading up to the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games, one swimmer had officials buzzing. No way, the ...
Coach: Athletes Are ‘Most Joyful Part of My Week’
Umberto Gatti can look at the athletes on the Special Olympics Southern California volleyball team he coaches in the South Bay and beam with pride. There’s no judgment or preconceived ...
Joyous Family Affair Closes Summer Games
The look of accomplishment when a medal goes around a Special Olympics Southern California athlete’s neck is as pure of an emotion as there is at Summer Games, and there ...