{"id":304,"date":"2007-02-07T07:36:42","date_gmt":"2007-02-07T15:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=304"},"modified":"2007-02-07T07:37:34","modified_gmt":"2007-02-07T15:37:34","slug":"defining-a-sad-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2007\/defining-a-sad-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Defining a Sad Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/02\/07\/sports\/ncaafootball\/07dean.html?ei=5070&#038;en=72494bb28efa7556&#038;ex=1171515600&#038;emc=eta1&#038;pagewanted=all\">Is this what makes the story sad?!<\/a><\/p>\n<table width=75% align=center bgcolor=pink border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a kid that could have made millions of dollars and been a success that is in a grave right now,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Florida State Coach Bobby Bowden, whose staff recruited Dean, said in a telephone interview. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a sad story.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Or is this next piece the sad part?<\/p>\n<table width=75% align=center bgcolor=pink border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5>\n<tr>\n<td>Dean then toiled in football\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s minor leagues, fathered six children and, according to Oklahoma City Police Sgt. Paco Balderrama, was arrested 13 times since 1990 and had contact with the police on 51 occasions.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Then there this:<\/p>\n<table width=75% align=center bgcolor=pink border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153At least he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not struggling like us anymore,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Newton, who attended the party. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gone home. He ain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t suffering no more.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>What a sad culmination to a life with so much waste &#8212; a life that Jesus died to redeem.<\/p>\n<p>If he didn&#8217;t accept that redemption, the home he went to has more suffering than he ever experienced here.<\/p>\n<p>If he did accept that redemption, he appeared before his Creator washed clean by the blood of the Lamb.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is this what makes the story sad?! \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a kid that could have made millions of dollars and been a success that is in a grave right now,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Florida State Coach Bobby Bowden, whose staff recruited Dean, said in a telephone interview. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a sad story.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Or is this next piece the sad part? 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