Hines Ward

Hines Ward arrives in South Korea with his wife, mother, and son.


Pittsburgh Steeler's MVP Hines Ward is not only a hero to football fans. He's been working on behalf of biracial children in South Korea, where there is still widespread prejudice against both single mothers and bi-racial children. As a child of an African-American soldier and Korean woman, he would have had few options had his mother remained in Korea after his father left the family. Here his mother recounts raising him as a single parent. Although she worked hard several jobs to make ends meet, her options would have been even more limited in Korea. Ward recently became an honorary citizen of South Korea. In the age of egocentric, drug-using athletes, Ward's efforts are commendable.