We interrupt our usual political blogging to bring you a superb piece of journalism:
Homeless man: “You ought to do a story about me.”
Journalist: “And why would I want to do that?”
Homeless man: “Because I’ve played in three Super Bowls.”
Jackie Wallace went from being a high school and college football star, to a career in the NFL, to being a homeless drug addict in New Orleans, and then turning his life around after a front page story, got married, and stayed clean and sober for ten years. And then…
Well, you’re just going to have to read the story.
Tags: Baltimore, Crime, drugs, homeless, Jackie Wallace, New Orleans, NFL