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Showing posts with label John Dell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Dell. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Sports Journalist John Dell practices with the WSSU football team
SEE VIDEO: John Dell practices with the WSSU football team
The big moment came during a 7-on-7 passing drill. It was my turn to do a slant pattern across the middle. The ball came, seemingly in slow motion, hit me in the chest, and … I've always had a fascination with stories about writers participating in something incredible and then writing about it. I've now had my George Plimpton moment, but I think I liked it better when somebody else was doing what came to be called "participatory journalism."
Plimpton wrote Paper Lion after going through training camp as a quarterback with the Detroit Lions in the 1960s. His book was later turned into a movie starring Alan Alda. My Plimpton moment was going to be a lot shorter -- just one practice with the Winston-Salem State University football team to see what the players go through.
I'm 44. The last time I put on a football helmet was in the sixth grade...
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