Raptor Has Tough Call Facing Him

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Carlos Rogers, the Toronto Raptors forward who is considering donating a kidney to his sister, joined her on Thursday after she slipped into critical condition at a Detroit hospital.

Rene Rogers, 29, needs a kidney transplant. She was put on dialysis after her one good kidney started to fail. Henry Ford Hospital spokeswoman Kelly Brady said Thursday that Rene Rogers is not strong enough right now for a transplant.

The family was at the hospital, but wasn’t taking questions from reporters, she said.

Carlos Rogers originally had planned to head home to Detroit after Thursday night’s game against Miami. But he changed plans and left during the afternoon when his sister’s condition worsened.

Clinton’s advice

President Clinton says he’s “a big Dennis Rodman fan,” but the Chicago Bulls star should admit to the American public that what he did was wrong.

Clinton said he worries when famous athletes act destructively, as Rodman did when kicking a cameraman, because so many young people admire them.

“There are an awful lot of young people out there, particularly young boys and young men, who don’t have immediate positive male role models who can contradict a lapse by an athlete …,” Clinton said.