talk about a hero.

It's easy to get cynical about pampered athletes at both the pro and collegiate levels. That's why I'm proud to see a player for the IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball team is doing something truly selfless.

From TheIndyChannel.com:

Athlete To Interrupt Season, Donate Marrow To Stranger


Jaguars senior Maushae Byles will miss a few games to donate bone marrow.

INDIANAPOLIS -- IUPUI basketball player Maushae Byles doesn't know the woman with whom he's about to share his bone marrow, but he knows enough to be willing to skip part of his senior season for her.

Byles, a fifth-year senior and starting guard, will donate his bone marrow at the end of this month, hoping to extend the life of a stranger in Minnesota.

"If I can be the person that can save (her), then I'd like to do it," Byles told RTV6's Jake Query. Read more.

National Marrow Donor Program