The football players huddled on the sideline in the fading sunlight. Several looked out from under silver helmets at their 6-foot-3, 310-pound coach, Darnell Stapleton, in a gray sweatshirt with “Pittsburgh Steelers” emblazoned on the front.
“Let’s go out there and get better,” he said before sending the women of the New York Sharks out to run and stretch, the beginning of the first of two three-hour practices last week.
Two years ago, Stapleton started at right guard and helped the Steelers win a Super Bowl. Now he is starting the next chapter of his life at 25 after bad knees prematurely ended the previous one.......................
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