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Campbell is paying price for hard-hitting style

By Greg Garber
ESPN.com

Thursday, January 29, 2004

AUSTIN, Texas -- Houston's finest athletes -- Nolan Ryan, Mary Lou Retton, Roger Clemens, Moses Malone, Sheryl Swoopes, Clyde Drexler and George Foreman, among many others -- stood in tribute Monday night at Houston's Reliant Arena. The crowd of 5,000 cheered and the man seated at the center of it all, raised his hand to acknowledge the applause. Earl Campbell, his dark suit accented with a silver tie, handkerchief, hair and beard, accepted a football from his old coach, Bum Phillips. He d ...

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