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Zendejas drives kids toward football -- the NFL kind

By George J. Tanber
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, October 9, 2008

When the Arizona Cardinals host the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday afternoon, 50 football players -- most of them Hispanic -- from Sunnyside High School in South Tucson will make the 120-mile journey to University of Phoenix Stadium in suburban Phoenix to watch the game. The players can thank Luis Zendejas for the tickets. And one day, perhaps, for something more. Zendejas, a former NFL kicker and community relations director for the Cardinals, is on a mission to sell football to Latino yo ...

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