This story, from ESPN Magazine, describes the long fall of Marvin Harrison1 – probably the last dude you’d ever expect would be a hyperviolent gangster once the pads come off. It’s old – like last-year old – but it’s good.
From Esquire:
Twenty years ago, he was guaranteed to be one of the greatest quarterbacks ever to play the game of football. Engineered to be. He was drafted ahead of Brett Favre. Today he’s a recovering junkie. This month he was arrested again. Scenes from the chaotic life of a boy never designed to be a man.
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A abbreviated history: Heisman in college, rushing champion of the NFL by his third season, yoga-studying, globe-wandering retired ‘marijuana poster-child’ at age 26, reborn in CFL, resurgent in NFL and now planning for a future as a holistic massage therapist.