>Sometimes it seems like all we hear about NFL players off the field is bad news. Who got arrested, who is holding out because the team won't renegotiate his contract, who has been suspended for using steroids. What follows, which is Steve Rushin's column in the current issue of Sports Illustrated, is a nice tonic to all that.
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>Merry Christmas, all.
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>Mike


Just think, if I had been faster,stronger and quicker, I could have been signing that football!<g>

Here's an excerpt from a story on this subject at http://www.mcall.com/sports/highschool/all-kesslersdec15,0,6146934.story?page=1

''We're blessed because we have yet to have a bad experience,'' Bob Kessler said. ''We went to a playoff game in Denver last year and just happened to meet John Elway at the stadium, who couldn't have been nicer. Somebody is definitely watching over us.''