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Talented Basketball Player: Chris Herron
Chris Herron was a very talented basketball player. Throughout his whole high school career he was major! He wasn’t the tallest or the quickest but he had a spark in him. He had great skill. Chris Herron had a problem, like with many great things there was a catch. Herron suffered from a drug and alcohol problem. Everyday he’d go home and do the drug and if he didn’t have them he would flip out! He was hooked on Marijuana and Cocaine and I believe he tried Crystal Meth. Chris was such an incredible basketball player he even played for the Denver Nuggets. Around that time he got his girlfriend pregnant. So, they got married. When the baby came he settled down, a lot. He realized it was time to step up and be a father, I believe that also around
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