Steve informed me his mother was Irish, which I was unaware of. All of a sudden I started looking at the boy a bit differently, and I have kept an eye on him since.

My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me -- I'm tan, I guess.

It's so special for me to be an Irishman on this day. I'm a first generation Irish American, my mother came from Ireland. Today and this weekend is a very special time for me and my family.

He was ethnically very much a product of his Swedish and Irish grandparents, who raised him while his mother worked.

I hope to field my strongest team for these two games because it is vital we win them.

It was important to get him involved again. His past history is well documented, but that is in the past.