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The Making of a Champion

Posted by Charger_Girl

March 26, 2008 |

A nice little blurb in the latest issue of Sporting News (3/31/2008) on page 39 discusses how Darren Sproles turned the tragedy of his 2006 season-ending broken leg into phenomenal success last year.  In addition to rehabilitation, Sproles practiced fielding punts…amounting to nearly 2,000 punts in the offseason, 4 times per week during practice. 

As a result, “the little guy” did not muff one single punt during the 2007 season. 

Needless to say, he will be continuing with this apparently successful regime during this offseason.

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In a related story, I keep forgetting to mention the parallel between my daughters’ cats and Sproles.  One of them, named Snowflake, started his life as a tiny little thing, but has since grown (in his 8 months) into a very strong, lithe, and athletic feline.  So, my daughters have lovingly bestowed the nickname of Snowflake to Sproles.  In fact, I have been caught on occasion cheering, “Go Snowflake, er, I mean Sproles!!!” during the course of a game (although he is often called “Snowdude” also…the cat, I mean, not Sproles.)

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  1. Cheez on March 26, 2008 11:30 pm

    Nice…what a cute cat. I’m glad he’s mine!! I’ll try to get you a better picture soon.

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