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A Way From Home

By Wright Thompson

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

The hood is calling. No, this isn't a figure of speech. Darnell Jenkins' cell phone is ringing, like, every 15 seconds. A half hour ago, Jenkins decided to stop by his old stomping grounds, and now everyone on his Liberty City block is asking Miami's starting wideout to visit them too. There it goes again. "Where y'all at?" he answers. "All right. All right." He hangs up, letting out a wheezy, high-pitched laugh. "I told you," says Jenkins. "See how everybody calls me? A lot of people got re ...

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