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Hello My Name Is

By Bruce Feldman

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

The old man knew it would soon be time to move on. He'd even called his bo-y-the one who had kept his heart beating all these years—to let him know. Maurice Drew never said a peep about that phone call from his grandfather. Didn't tell his grandmother. Didn't tell his mom. He couldn't bear the thought of scaring them, of admitting that he was more than a little frightened himself. The baby-faced 20-year-old had never backed down from anything in his life, but now, as he prepared for UCLA ...

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