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NFL working to give rookies strong start

By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

Sunday, June 23, 2002

At some point Monday evening, Damien Robinson will stand behind the podium in the ball room of a posh Carlsbad, Calif., resort hotel, and stare out at an audience comprised of 261 NFL rookies who are even more nervous than him. This time, the New York Jets free safety will have advice, not an assault rifle. Arrested last October, when he unwittingly attempted to enter Giants Stadium with the Bushmaster semi-automatic rifle and the 200 rounds of ammunition he had stashed in the back of his SUV, ...

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