Hill: Thanks, Raptors, for showing how you spend a random Thursday in Memphis
Toronto Raptors Sandro Mamukelashvili (back row, from right), Scottie Barnes and Chucky Hepburn visit with some kids (front row) at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. (Courtesy St. Jude)
Drew Hill
Drew Hill covers the Memphis Grizzlies and is a top-10 APSE winner. He has worked throughout the South writing about college athletics before landing in Memphis.
Do you want to know how the Toronto Raptors spent their random bleeping Thursday in Memphis? They went to St. Jude, the world-renowned children’s research hospital.
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