Chuck Pagano's perseverance through leukemia inspires Colts to continue defying odds, critics

Posted Dec 31, 2012
First they danced. Then they laughed. Then they prayed. Then Jim Irsay, the owner of these improbable, impossible 11-5 Indianapolis Colts, held a game ball and addressed a postgame locker room equal parts elation and emotion. Standing in front of him was Chuck Pagano, the man he hired not 12 months ago in part because of his toughness; who in turn had proven tougher than even Pagano himself believed possible. (Yahoo! Sports)

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