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Spirit of former Chicago high school star lives on in Rose

By Scoop Jackson
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008

CHICAGO -- Before Derrick Rose's news conference began Monday, the Chicago Bulls' PR department e-mailed a release saying the team's new point guard had changed his mind about wearing No. 25 and would now wear No. 1. As Rose sat there introducing himself to the world, he held up and posed with his new No. 1 jersey that over the next three years -- or maybe 15 -- could define his career. The smiles, the questions, the promise, the hope. Ladies and gentlemen … the moment we've all been wai ...

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