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A night of unexpected heroes at '08 ESPYS

By Sam Alipour
Special to Page 2

Sunday, July 20, 2008

LOS ANGELES -- It was just after 2 a.m. Thursday when I exited an ESPYS after-party somewhere in some uncharted section of downtown L.A., hailed a cab and stepped off the curb. After that, things got fuzzy. I remember a shout, screeching tires and the glare of fast approaching headlights. I got just enough warning to leap over the hard-charging Honda Civic's front fender and into the windshield, shoulder first. So, this is what getting hit by a car feels like. When I came to, I was on the si ...

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