NCAA Suspends LDS Member for Playing 'Church Ball,' Then Reverses Decision

A returned LDS missionary in Georgia was stunned to learn he can't play college basketball because of a few games of "church ball." Nathan Harries had returned in June from serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Raleigh, N.C. In July, one of Nathan's friend who attends the Dunwoody Baptist Church needed a favor for his congregation's basketball team.

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