UNC defensive tackle Nazair Jones endured a long, painful road back to the gridiron
Posted Sep 1, 2016
The trainer takes a tube about six inches long marked “Enbrel” from the fridge and gives it to North Carolina’s star defensive tackle Nazair Jones. He takes the top off of the tube to expose the needle, swabs a bared thigh with an alcohol wipe — this week it’s the right leg, next week it’ll be the left — and sticks the needle into the muscle.
(Daily Tar Heel)
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