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Nelson's on-court struggles are least of family's concerns

By Eric Adelson
ESPN The Magazine

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

The tugboats rest by the shore of the Delaware River, underneath the bridge, as if waiting for their repairman. The black sedan sits in front of an old house, chrome shining in the weak December sunlight, as if waiting for its driver. And the graying men perch themselves on the stoop of the clothing store, as if waiting for their friend. But the truth has long since hit Chester, Pa.: Floyd "Pete" Nelson is not coming around anymore. An American flag marks his grave, on the upland side of a t ...

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