She begins to learn more about him and his past, taking notice of his various habits that seem like survival tools, like saving extra meals. As Michael's housing situation appears increasingly dire, Leigh Anne takes him in. Around the same time, Michael becomes increasingly close to Leigh Anne, turning to her when he sustains a hand injury during a basketball game. He shows impressive strength as a shotput thrower, while also being a decent basketball player. The fourth chapter depicts Michael's initial involvement with Briarcrest's sports teams. The following day, Leigh Anne takes him shopping for clothes. Shortly after this first meeting, Sean, now with his wife Leigh Ann, encounters Michael again, en route to the school gym, trying to keep warm. Slightly later, Sean Tuohy, a local businessman, sees Michael sitting in the stands at a basketball game and, being somewhat familiar with him, offers to cover his school lunch. Michael struggles in school, initially seeming unable to work through material but eventually showing some aptitude, just suffering from being behind. The school's football coach, Hugh Freeze, takes an interest in Michael for his athletic ability. The school is concerned about Michael's academic performance, but agrees to give him a chance. At the same time, he asks about the possibility of enrolling Michael, who has been sleeping on their couch, as well. To keep a promise he made to his dying mother, he enrolls his son, Steven, in an evangelical Christian school called Briarcrest. The third chapter begins with the story of Big Tony, a man in the impoverished neighborhood known as Hurt Village in East Memphis. He meets Michael and is baffled by him, as he refuses to speak much or answer his questionnaire. He compiled this information and began making a profit by creating a valuable list of these prospective college athletes. Lemming traveled constantly to see every top-tier high school football player in the U.S. Lewis writes about Lemming's process, as he rose to prominence as one of the premier football recruiting analysts. He goes out to meet him, feeling slightly mystified about the fact that no one seems to know who he is in his hometown. The next chapter describes the work of Tom Lemming, opening with him watching a tape of Michael Oher and being stunned. Taylor springs up and leaps away from the scene, seeming to feel, as Lewis describes it, sympathetic pain to the injury he just caused. In this particular scene, he comes down hard on Joe Theismann, breaking his leg and effectively ending his football career. Lewis focuses on the fearsome strength of linebacker Lawrence Taylor who consistently brings down quarterbacks. The story begins with a scene from a game between the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins.
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