I wanted to be a sportswriter because I loved sports and I could not hit the curve ball, the jump shot, or the opposing ball carrier.
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My top three were Jim Brown, Wilt Chamberlain and Bo Jackson.
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I got to know Sugar Ray but I certainly would not say we were good friends.
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Cliches and adjectives permeated my prose.
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