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Papis living the American Dream

By Marty Smith
ESPN.com

Friday, August 14, 2009

Max Papis is a walking endorsement for the American Dream, a man stripped of all that mattered who found refuge stateside. A man who lost the dream and, worse yet, lost faith in it. The human spirit had failed him abroad, but the red, white and blue managed to rekindle the flame. Papis is seated on a patio outside Positano, an -- what else? -- authentic Italian eatery in a bustling promenade north of Charlotte, N.C. He sips Greco di Tufo and talks wins and losses with a pair of old friends an ...

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