DEION SANDERS KINDA SORTA KIDNAPPED A FLORIDIAN HIGH SCHOOLER

Last July, Deion Sanders went to Florida to pick up Noel Devine, arguably the best high school running back today. Sanders tried to get custody of Devine and enrolled him at Prosper High School. Right before the season started, Devine changed his mind and went back to Florida, though Deion is still there for him like a mentor. More of the story in “And God Created Noel Devine,” the excellent article that appeared in Sunday’s NYT‘s sports supplement. (Read David Foster Wallace’s profile [that’s much more than a profile (as one would expect)] about Roger Federer.)