Hoyas star Austin Freeman is far from alone in living with diabetes

Washington Post

You don't need to be an athletic marvel to successfully manage diabetes.

More than 285 million people, or 6.4 percent of the world's adult population, live with the disease right now, and it's safe to presume most of them can't make a layup on a 10-foot basket to save their lives.

Having said that, the traits that have helped Austin Freeman become a productive Division I basketball player, an elite college athlete, should serve him well in managing diabetes.