If the morbid state of the economy or the freezing temps and snow in Chicago aren't enough to put me in a bad mood, I learned today that Rodney Rogers, a former Wake Forest star and NBA journeyman sustained a spinal cord injury while riding an ATV. The news reports are vague at the moment as to how long ago the injury occured, but it sounds like he is "paralyzed from the shoulders down". That's layman speak for a cervical injury; Rodney Rogers is most likely a quadriplegic.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3744237

It sounds like, in addition to being a guy who could created... "his legend on the football fields and basketball courts of Durham as a teenager, he was known as 'the Durham Bull.'", he also was active in his community despite the wealth he accumulated as a professional athlete.

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1319971.html