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WWDTM: The First Quarter Century

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

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The Talent of a Young Athlete

I started running at the age of nine, and my first race I finished last. My coaches might have known, but when you finished in eighth place and seventh place, that ain't special. You had to really work for it. We were at the, you actually made your own sand pit to jump in to do long jump? Yes. And you had to collect sand from all around East St. Louis to make it.

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