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Adam “Pacman” Jones appeared on ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” this morning, being interviewed by Stephen A. Smith. He had a similar interview with CBS Sports’ James Brown yesterday and said he expected to be employed by an NFL team next season — maybe even with the Dallas Cowboys. I think Adam is being extremely optimistic. Unless the Oakland Raiders come calling, I don’t think any other team is that nuts for a pretty average, troublemaking cornerback/kick returner. Maybe the UFL is interested?

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Check out Buffalo Bills TE Kevin Everett on Rocawear’s new “I Will Not Lose” campaign which celebrates those who overcome adversity daily to continue to thrive and make the world a better place. These individuals have omitted the word “can’t” from their vocabularies and have gone on to achieve in various ways. The campaign is the brainchild of Shawn Carter, aka Jay-Z.
Source: IWillNotLose.org

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A little over four months ago, Buffalo Bills TE Kevin Everett lay on the Ralph Wilson Stadium turf unable to move. After making a hit on a kick return against the Denver Broncos in both teams’ 2007 season opener, Kevin suffered a catastrophic and life-threatening injury that caused a fracture to his cervical spine. He was diagnosed a quadriplegic by team physicians right there on the field and it wasn’t believed he would ever again regain the ability to move.
I’ve been writing about Kevin’s injury since the day it happened. I …read more

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Here is the front cover of the forthcoming Kevin Everett book Standing Tall: The Kevin Everett Story. Published by Triumph Books, it was written by Sam Carchidi who has been a staff writer and South Jersey sports columnist at The Philadelphia Inquirer since 1984. He co-authored Miracle in the Making: The Adam Taliaferro Story, about a Penn State player’s remarkable recovery from a paralyzing spinal injury, so he’s got some experience on this difficult subject. Here’s how the book’s being described:
“In a matter of a few seconds, a strong, promising young …read more

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Buffalo Bills TE Kevin Everett is just one of many fantastic stories of courage and achievement that make up the 2007 class of The Ed Block Courage Awards.
It’s well-known that Kevin suffered a spinal cord injury covering a kickoff in the Bills’ season opener against the Broncos. The injury was life-threatening, but the outstanding work of the Bills’ training staff and team doctors saved his life. Kevin was told that he may never walk again. Through hard work and determination not only was he able to walk again, he was able to …read more

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Injured Buffalo Bills TE Kevin Everett was at Ralph Wilson Stadium today watching his team’s final home game of this 2007 season. I worked the game and was in the press box and locker room but never saw Kevin in-person. I can only imagine what was going through his mind thinking back to the season-opener against Denver when he went down with the spinal injury that nearly took his life and left him temporarily paralyzed. Even though the Bills lost to the N.Y. Giants 38-21, it was just a good feeling knowing that …read more

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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 …read more

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Buffalo Bills TE Kevin Everett was released from Memorial Hermann/TIRR three weeks ago and is now an outpatient there. That’s good enough news on its own. What’s even better news is the fact Kevin is walking in and out of his daily rehabilitation sessions on his own.
Thinking back to where Kevin was, back in September when his life was literally in jeopardy, this just makes me incredibly happy to hear. Having covered the Bills on-location this season, I know firsthand the effect Kevin’s injury has had on this team. And the joy …read more

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Ten weeks after sustaining a severe spinal cord injury. Buffalo Bills TE Kevin Everett was released from Houston’s Memorial Hermann/TIRR where he spent the past two months in rehab. In a statement released by the hospital, Kevin said:
“While this news is a significant milestone for me, I still have a long journey to full recovery. I was fortunate to meet many extraordinary people at Memorial Hermann/TIRR, many who have suffered the same or similar injury as myself, many of whom I now consider friends. Their courage and determination inspired me to fight every …read more

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When Buffalo Bills TE Kevin Everett went down with a potentially life-threatening, temporarily paralyzing spinal cord injury on a special teams play in the team’s first game of this 2007 season against Denver, it left not only the Western New York community but the entire country at attention on his road to recovery. Not long after that opening game, Buffalo-based New Era Cap Company, the largest sports-licensed headwear company in the world, created the “KE85″ cap in Kevin’s honor. New Era Corporate Communications Manager Dana Marciniak gave me all the details.
How did the …read more