Mink makes his mark -- and the world cheers
Ken Mink’s in the record books. Now he can focus on the rest of the season.
Mink, a 73-year-old college basketball player for Roane State (Tenn.), scored two points in a 93-42 win on Monday night. He’s the oldest person to play college hoops.
Mink, who played for Lees College (Ky.) in the ‘50s, missed his first shot attempt, but later sunk two free throws to cement his spot in history.
“I found myself on the free-throw line 52 years after my last college game,” Mink told reporters after the game. “I said, ‘Just relax and shoot it like you know how to all day long.’ I just floated the shots in there. I’m in the books now. I can relax a little bit.”
You can see video of Mink’s game here (it’s at the end of the feature) and read more about his backstory and why he’s playing this season here.
Mink’s become quite the celebrity. Various media outlets, including Sports Illustrated, the Wall Street Journal, The Today Show and several other news outlets have done stories on his college hoops career. Monday’s game’s was no different.
Stories popped up around the country and overseas. The International Herald Tribune (The N.Y. Times’ Global edition) and the London Daily Telegraph both carried stories about Mink.
Now, we’ll wait to see what else Mink has in store for us. After all, he’s gunning for more than just two points in a single game.
“Ideally what I’d like to do is play 10 minutes of a game. That’s what I’m training my body to do,” Mink said last week. “But I’d like to hit a couple of shots and score in several games.”
