Kevin Everett on Sports Illustrated Cover, Plans to Attend Buffalo Bills’ Dec. 23 Game

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I just finished reading Kevin Everett’s great Sports Illustrated article. Kevin will be on the cover of next week’s SI, but you can read the copy from SI.com today.

Now a little more than three months after he lay motionless on the floor of Ralph Wilson Stadium during the Buffalo Bills’ season-opening 15-14 loss to the Denver Broncos, Kevin Everett is walking and continuing a remarkable progress that is as heartwarming as it is miraculous. I recall the posts I created, anxiously awaiting any news and updating his progress almost daily during those tense first few days, wondering if this football player whose team I would cover on-location this entire 2007 season would ever walk again. I received emails from people who had known Kevin over the years — old friends from high school, friends from his home town, wanting me to forward messages of hope and prayer to Kevin. I couldn’t believe that in some small way, I was directly involved in this very personal tragedy-turned-triumph that has touched so many people.

Here are some of my posts on Kevin’s injury and recovery over the past three months (you can also type Kevin’s name into the Search box to the right or click on his name in the category lineup):

• Bills TE Kevin Everett Seriously Injured
• Kevin Everett Injury Update
• Report: Kevin Everett Has Voluntary Movement in His Arms and Legs
• Kevin Everett Continues to Improve
• Kevin Everett’s Miracle Recovery Continues
• Kevin Everett Moves Rehab to Houston
• Kevin Everett Makes Progress in Recovery
• Message From Kevin Everett: ‘I Feel Fortunate Every Day…..
• Adversity Introduces Us To Ourselves: New Era Cap…..
• Kevin Everett Released From Hospital, Buffalo Bills TE…..
• Kevin Everett Walking to and From Rehab, Buffalo Bills TE…..

Buffalo’s WGRZ.com is reporting that Kevin is planning on returning to Buffalo to walk out on the field for the Bills’ final home game against the N.Y. Giants December 23. It should be an incredible moment and an amazing Christmas present for both his teammates and the Buffalo fans. I’m looking forward to being a part of that as well.