GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Eastside High School basketball coach Herman “Pop” Williams would drive and listen to the talented, contemplative teenager in the passenger’s seat.
As an athlete, Anthony Richardson had it all. Growing up in east Gainesville in a single-parent home, he held dreams of a better future.
“A lot of personal stuff he talked to me about,” Williams told the Orlando Sentinel this week. “I think that’s why Ant always clinged to me.”
