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Crossing routes

By Jon Greenberg
ESPNChicago.com

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

HOMEWOOD, Ill. -- Two grown men sitting in a suburban Chili's on a weekday afternoon, talking about the good old days. All that's missing is some Bruce Springsteen on the jukebox. I am one of them, a slightly overweight, considerably graying 30-year-old sportswriter with a limited portfolio. Dontrell Jackson is the other. He's a fit, energetic, 27-year-old minor-league football player with bigger goals yet unrealized. The odds are good you've never heard of him. Ten years ago, we both ...

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