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    Young wrestler to be featured on ESPN

    In the Sunday editions of ESPN SportsCenter on May 17, the weekly SC Featured segment will tell the story of Isaiah Bird, a seven-year-old wrestler in Long Beach, N.Y., who was born without legs and has formed a strong bond with his coach.

    In its simplest definition a family refers to a group of people closely related by blood, but often family extends beyond the boundaries of relatives. In Bird’s hometown, there's a wrestling community that is exactly that -- a family. And to Bird, his coach, Miguel Rodriguez, has become like a father.

    Bird was born without legs, but that's not his greatest challenge in life. Tom Rinaldi reports for SC Featured on the unseen challenges Bird faces and the bond formed between a remarkable boy and a remarkable man.

    The feature will debut in the 10 a.m. ET edition of SportsCenter and will re-air in other editions of the program throughout the day.



    Some quotes from the feature:

    “He gives me love. I give him love. Coach protects me, and I like when he protects me.” -- Isaiah Bird.

    “He knows that I will never let anything happen to him. I will always be in his life. I can never let him go.” -- Coach Miguel Rodriguez.

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