Hal Habib at PalmBeachPost.com is at the Olympics and writes about Big Syl.

Two kids, one roof, one parent.

Two hoops, one basketball, one asphalt court.

Day after day, Big Brother would teach Little Sister about tough love on that court in Miami's Liberty City. About how it was too bad if you left a little flesh on the asphalt - you didn't shed tears over skinned knees.

Two kids became two adults.

Little sister Sylvia, 6-feet-6 and 200 pounds, became an Olympian. Big brother Morris became a murderer.