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Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Who is Antonio Cromartie? Cromartie may be best known as the Chargers quaterback who led the league in interceptions last year and owns the league record for longest scoring play with a 109 yard return. But not many people know about the other aspects of Cromartie's life, life changing instances such as life-threatening illnesses, having his mom kidnapped at gunpoint, and a scary car accident.

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Antonio Cromartie is a great young player who will take the ball to the house if he gets it, that's who he is. Anyway, I don't think Antonio is the only person who has seen messed up shit and has had a bad chilhood. I'm sure a lot of people have had rough childhoods and other stuff going on in their lives and survived through it. Antonio, though, sounds like a good person and what's happened to him in his life has helped him be a better ball player.

Should that read as "Chargers cornerback" and not quarterback?

Yeah.. oops. If that could be fixed I'd greatly appreciate it.

Very interesting. Seems like a whole lot of story to make an exceptional athlete seem like a great person. I'm a little surprised that the writer was able to write about his five kids under the age of 3 with no judgment. Then, that whole part about not making any decisions without is mom? How is that a good quality?

From the article: He doesn't want his children, who live with their mothers in Texas, Georgia and Florida, to have to overcome a tough childhood. He doesn't want them to be escape artists. He wants them to have nothing to escape from. Here's what a profile about him has to say: "I want to teach them not to make the decisions I did." Do those bad decisions include having 5 kids by three moms in 3 years? Cromartie sounds like a good guy who has suffered through some tough times to get where he is. But after having been raised by a single mom who also went through all those tough times, one would hope that he would understand the value of having a father living at home as well.

On the cover of sporting news Cromartie looks jacked.. at first I thought it was a UFC fighter or something.. and cjets, I really doubt he'll realize how important that is. Or if he does, I would bet he never acts upon it. But great story nonetheless.

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