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Game Of Chance

By David Fleming

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Adrian McPherson just wants to throw. Standing on the 50-yard line of an empty football field in Irvine, Calif., McPherson stares at the snowcapped San Bernardino Mountains and anxiously twirls a ball on his fingertips. He asks his trainer, Doug Hix, to play catch. But the last time Hix threw around with McPherson, the trainer's wedding band was bent flat. He politely declines. McPherson then asks his training buddy, San Diego State linebacker Kirk Morrison. Surely the 240-pound All-America ca ...

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