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Article: Springs defends desire on field.(SPORTS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- August 3, 2004
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Byline: Jody Foldesy, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The contrasts changed Shawn Springs permanently.
He saw a beautiful land blighted by poverty and hunger. He witnessed educated people without enough running water or electricity. There was a Sheraton hotel on one side of a road and "2,000 shanties" on the other.
The cornerback went to Ethiopia several years ago with a professor from the University of Washington, where Springs took classes to complete his sociology degree. Springs said it took three days for him to comprehend what he saw, but he returned a changed man with a completely different view of the world.
These days, things that are ...