SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The sports world went batty for the Batkid.
San Francisco 49ers stars Anquan Boldin, Joe Staley, Anthony Davis — and coach Jim Harbaugh, too — all gave shoutouts to 5-year-old Miles Scott, who took over as his favorite superhero Friday and received a police escort as he scurried around San Francisco to save Gotham through the Make-a-Wish Foundation. The San Francisco Giants and Oakland Raiders also cheered him, along with Stanford baseball.
Even rival teams like the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres got into the fun and posted their support for the boy, who has battled leukemia for years but is now in remission after undergoing treatment.
Offered Harbaugh: “Saving lives for the day, I love it. It’s so good. A good deed in a weary world.”