Karen Bailis writes about Coach Yow:

For about two years, the wallpaper on my laptop has been two red and black Nike high tops inscribed with a pink bow and the name Coach Yow on the ankle straps; the words THE GOOD FIGHT float above the shoes.

Those words don’t even begin to tell the story of North Carolina State Coach Kay Yow, who died Saturday after an epic battle with cancer that she ultimately lost but from which all of us came out winners. Yow fought for more than 20 years, as that insidious enemy breast cancer kept returning. She fought for herself and for others, raising money and raising hopes against a disease that saps both.