The agents behind NFL prospect and Rhodes scholar Myron Rolle hope their strategy of shaping him as an "enlightened warrior" will earn him corporate deals. But is the scholar-athlete image a marketable one?
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Rolle graduated from high school with a 4.0, earning All-American honors in both football and academics. He then finished Florida State in less than 3 years with a 3.75. His father recalls the journey.
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The lasting cultural influence of a football hero/neurosurgeon could serve to introduce an new aspirational model, "the gangster of education," to young blacks, says NFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown.
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Colombian pop superstar Shakira addresses students at Oxford University, using her speech to call for better access to education across the world.
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Colombian-born pop star Shakira follows in the footsteps of Mother Theresa and the Dalai Lama by addressing students at the Oxford Union. Follow us on twitter at twitter.com
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