Bryson Foster ’23 can pinpoint the moment he became a lifelong sports fan. Summer 2009, Cincinnati’s Great American Ballpark, Reds vs. Nationals. Outfielder Jonny Gomes whacked three home runs, a thrill that cemented for 9-year-old Bryson a decision to cheer for the Reds forever. His first major league ball game ignited a passion that continues to grow.
The backdrop for the trip Foster and his parents made from their home in Concord, North Carolina, to Ohio’s “Queen City”— and another the following year that included a Bengals football game — was an extended visit to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. A national leader in neuromuscular diseases and treatment, the acclaimed medical center offered high-level testing and care for Foster, who lives with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a disease that affects all of his body’s muscles.
By middle school, these seemingly incongruous factors — one Bryson chose and one that found its way to him — collided to present opportunities that led to an interest in, and the discovery of a gift for, broadcasting. And an inkling about a future career.
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