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On a Dusty Gridiron in Brownsville, Football is the Mo Better Path

By Laura Marsan On a hot June evening on the track of Betsy Head Park in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, Coach Chris Legree spotted a 15-year-old boy running toward him without a cotton undershirt beneath his purple football jersey. “You need cotton to absorb the sweat,” Legree said, his voice rising above the elevated...