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Teammate sabotage? It happens

By Wayne Drehs
ESPN.com

Monday, November 6, 2006

Bill Curry was minding his own business that day, getting dressed in the Baltimore Colts locker room, when a teammate, not far away, started groaning that he wasn't playing because he was black. The starter in front of him was white. That's when, Curry remembers, Hall of Fame tight end John Mackey piped up from the other end of the room. "You're not playing because you're fat," Mackey said. "It has nothing to do with being black. Shut your mouth, get in shape and you'll play." Beyond the ...

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