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The shirt off the players' backs

By Darren Rovell
ESPN.com

Friday, April 2, 2004

Carmelo Anthony remembers looking up from the court during Syracuse's run to the national championship and seeing a sea of Orangemen jerseys on fans in the stands. It put a smile on his face to see that so many of them had the No. 15 -- his number -- on them. It bothered him as well. "I always thought college players should get paid for something like that," Anthony said. "I would have been rich." Now, of course, Anthony is rich. Fueled by his performance during the NCAA Tournament last March ...

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