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wiley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-27-05 09:46 PM
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Hundreds attend Dungy's funeral.. Are you Outraged?
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I wonder what, "Momma's Boy" is code for. " Be more like Football Players?"

"Hundreds attend Dungy's funeral
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NFL stars, friends pay respect to Colts coach and son

Posted: Tuesday December 27, 2005 11:48AM; Updated: Tuesday December 27, 2005 8:02PM
LUTZ, Fla. (AP) -- Tony Dungy blinked back tears, straining to compose himself.
"Parents hug your kids every chance you get," he said. "Tell them you love them every chance you get because you don't know when it's going to be the last time."

The Indianapolis Colts coach buried his eldest son, James, on Tuesday, lovingly recalling the 18-year-old who died in an apparent suicide last week as a "mama's boy" with a "compassionate heart." Someone who loved to smile and have fun.
Dungy spoke for nearly 20 minutes during an emotional two-hour funeral service attended by NFL stars, past and present, league officials, including commissioner Paul Tagliabue, the entire Colts team and four other NFL head coaches -- Herman Edwards, Dennis Green, Lovie Smith and Jack Del Rio -- along with University of Washington coach Ty Willingham.
Hall of Famer Mean Joe Greene and ex-Washington Redskins cornerback Darrell Green were also among the 2,000 mourners who came to Idlewild Baptist Church in this Tampa suburb.

Dungy dabbed away tears at times, but his message throughout was clear: His son was a "sweet young boy" who struggled with many of the same issues as others his age.

"As he got a little older, like all teenagers, he was searching for who that person was inside of him. Who he was going to be. ... And like most of us, I think he went through a time as a teenager that he wasn't sure his parents always had the best advice. He wasn't sure that we always had his best interest at heart," the coach said."


lots more that is really unbelievable.
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