Dave Hyde: For Malachi Toney and mom, the good story is just beginning
Toni Toney knows her family role. It’s to have all the right answers. Maybe your mom had the same job with some of the same questions.
“Mom, why can’t I stay up later? ” “Mom, can I watch this show? ” “Mom, where should I go to school?
” Toney was no different with her five children, though the questions are different with Malachi, her fourth child and second boy — “the baby boy,” as mom says of the University of Miami star receiver . “That’s what I call him. My baby.
” It’s Mother’s Day, and you can go through the South Florida sports pages to find a mom’s impact on the bigger names from any age or angle. Tennis legend Chris Evert won everything in that sport, but didn’t hesitate when asked about her biggest accomplishment: “Being a mother. ” Miami Heat star Bam Adebayo was taken by his mother, Marilyn Blount, from the rough streets of New Jersey to the backwoods of North Carolina for a better life.
“I’m nowhere without my mother,” Adebayo said. Coco Gauff’s mom, Candi, over saw her daughter’s homeschooling to help her tennis. Heat legend Dwyane Wade saying his energy came from his mother, Jolinda, a preacher.
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