Back on field, Brandon Tate wants to tear it up

Posted Oct 29, 2009
The last time Brandon Tate had been on a football field, he was hobbling toward the sideline, his right knee shredded more than he realized. More than a year had passed since that day, a day he wondered whether he would ever play football again. Last Sunday, Tate gazed around Wembley Stadium, mesmerized by the size of the place. “That’s when the butterflies started coming,’’ he said. (Boston Globe)

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