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(ed. note: In early October, ESPN aired a documentary piece about
Rob Jones, the eldest son of Jim Jones Jr. and his wife Erin. Rob now
attends the University of San Diego, where he has a basketball scholarship.
Jon Fish is the producer of the ESPN piece.)
Sports are often overlooked as part of a story especially one of this
magnitude. For ESPN it was very important to keep the story on sports
and the role it played in Jonestown and now in Rob Jones’ life.
For us the story became clear: basketball saved one generation and is
making a star out of the next.
We were very lucky that Jim Jones Jr., Stephan Jones, and John Cobb
opened up their stories for us. You can see now when Rob soars on the
basketball court, it means so much to his family and friends.
As Rob goes forward in his collegiate basketball career, it is nice
that Jim Jones Jr. can move forward in life as the father of Rob Jones.
- A longer story written by Jon Fish and Chris Connelly on ESPN.com
appears
here.
- A story about an ESPN writer’s feature article on the
entire Jonestown basketball team appears
here.
- Other stories about Rob Jones include:
Building His Own Legacy: The grandson
of Jim Jones is one of the Bay Area's top prep athletes
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2007/01/16/SPGQHNJABV1.DTL
by Will McCulloch, San Francisco Chronicle, January 16,
2007
Grandson of Cult Leader Jim Jones Prepares for College
Basketball Career
http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/10/02/grandson-of-cult-leader-jim-jones-prepares-for-college-basketbal/
by Michael David Smith, aolsports, October 2, 2007
ESPN examines Jones Jr.’s tale
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/hiestand-tv/2007-10-04-hiestand-caliendo_N.htm
by Michael Hiestand, USA Today, October 4, 2007 (find
“ESPN examines Jones Jr.’s tale”)
Rising above tragic legacy
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20071005/news_1s5usdhoops.html
by Hank Wesch, San Diego Union-Tribune, October 5, 2007
Basketball saved him from the Jonestown massacre
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/10/06/Sports/Basketball_saved_him_.shtml
by Tom Jones, St. Petersburg Times, October 6, 2007
Behind the story
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/10/06/Sports/Behind_the_story.shtml
by Tom Jones, St. Petersburg Times, October 6, 2007
Jonestown nightmare, hoop dreams
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/06/SP2USK0FH.DTL
by Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, October 6, 2007
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