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Bloom chooses football over skiing endorsements

By Darren Rovell
ESPN.com

Monday, August 19, 2002

Most 20-year-old high-profile athletes skip out early to earn a better salary and perhaps cash in on endorsement dollars. Not Jeremy Bloom. Bloom, who was forced to choose between playing football at the University of Colorado or continuing to pursue a professional skiing career that brings with it endorsements and a potential television career, chose the pigskin Monday. Bloom scored touchdowns on a 59-yard punt return and a 65-yard reception in the Buffaloes' scrimmage Saturday. "You couldn' ...

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