In the midst of all the craze over the ‘Last Dance’ docu-series highlight the Chicago Bulls in the 90s, there’s an unlikely South Mississippi connection to Michael Jordan and His Airness.
Introducing Airness Jordan Ramey, a rising sophomore football player at Stone High School who’s living room and weight room are now one in the same.
- in the midst of all the craze - over the last dance docu- - series, highlighting the chicag- bulls in the 90's... there's- an unlikely south mississippi - connection to michael jordan- and his airness.- introducing airness jordan- ramey... a rising sophomore - football player, at stone high- - - - school... who's living room and- weight room... are now one in - the same.
- - nat ---> weights clanking - "my whole living room is like - literally a weight room.
It's - like a gym."- - - - "so you used to have a living - room?"- "yeah, i used to have a living- room and a kitchen.
Yeah, i use- to.
I don't anymore."
- in today's new world of social- - - - distancing and isolation... - interior decorating has taken o- a new meaning... in the - ramey household.- "it's crazy, like you can barel- sit down up in there now.
It- used to be a good living room - we just chilled in until i got- this and i got this and got - that.
It's kind of crowded up i- there, but it's all good."- already a varsity football- contributor, as a freshman... - airness jordan ramey... yes,- named after m-j... was looking- to- carve out an even bigger role - for himself, as a sophomore...- - - - the problem being... he was no- longer allowed to work out, - with his teammates... at stone- high school.- "when he came home and told me- that school was going to be out- for a while, he - wanted to make a change and jus- continue working out."- stan ramey... was willing to- honor his son's commitment, to- off-season training... but that- commitment... - came with a price.- about 3-thousand dollars- later... there's now a- hack squat machine sitting in - the front yard... and a persona- gym... sitting in front of the- couch.- "each equipment came one at a - time, friends and stuff helping- him out and - until it got up to this much.
- and then it started packing int- the bedroom, and i- had to get rid of some of it- because we got to where we- didn't have nowhere to sleep."- - - - a minor inconvenience...- compared to the results airness- jordan is starting to see...- from his very own two-a-days- program... already up as much a- 18 pounds, to 223...- - - - from his freshman season playin- weight... of 205.
- "i don't tell him nothing.
He - wakes me up because he's making- all that noise- and i haven't ever had a proble- with telling him when to work.
- have a problem with - telling him when to stop."- "i mean if you want to be good- at something, you've got to - work.
You've got to work- hard at it.
You can't just sit- down and just watch tv and play- fortnite all day."- "that's the only thing you can- do right now is you've got to - have faith over fear.
You - - - - can't let your fear of possibly- not having a season, possibly - not having summer - workouts overcome your faith in- our father - our lord in heaven- - so what it shows is - that he doesn't realize it now- but when he looks back, he'll - say that's an example of- - - - faith."
- with the 20-20 high school- football season still at the- - - - mercy, of covid-19... fear is - just part of the territory.
- - - - but with a first name like- airness... and a middle name- like- jordan... so is striving for- greatness... in the midst of- adversity.- "football has really been a goo- thing in my life.
It teaches me- how to be a better- man thanks to my head coach,- coach feaster."
- "i guess with a name like - airness, does he hold himself t- - - - a higher standard?"
"i mean - we've never really talked about- it, but you've got to.
You've - got to.
You've- - - - got to have a certain - personality - something about - you - to walk around if - you've got a name like airness- because everybody knows why he- has that name, so - you've got to be special in som- kind of way."
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