Extra Points: Present Tense

Posted Dec 20, 2024
Every day is a bonus for Freddie Kitchens. He's banked 4,215 of them since looking into the abyss of what doctors said was a 25 percent chance of surviving emergency heart surgery on June 4, 2013. Kitchens was the Arizona Cardinals quarterbacks coach and took the field at the practice facility that day. He felt a pop in his chest and a burning sensation. (GoHeels.com)

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