The Ameer-acle Mile: Former Trojan Jackson finds strength amid adversity during winding basketball journey BY ROBERT IRBY Jul 8, 2020 Jul 8, 2020 Updated Nov 15, 2020 0 Former Northwest Cabarrus boys basketball star Ameer Jackson (left) has been one of the top performers in the Qatar Basketball League. QATAR BASKETBALL LEAGUE PHOTO Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BY ROBERT IRBY KANNAPOLIS – Albert Einstein once said, “Adversity introduces a man to himself.”kAm}@ DE2E6>6?E 4@F=5 36 ECF6C 7@C 7@C>6C }@CE9H6DE r232CCFD 32D<6E32== DE2C p>66C y24<D@?]k^AmkAm(:E9 2 42C66C E92E 92D BF:E6 =:E6C2==J DA2??65 24C@DD E96 8=@36[ H:E9 >@DE C646?E DE@AD :? 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