Posted January 16, 2012 on mississippistate.scout.com
PLAYERS: Erick Dampier
TEAMS: Miami Heat

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Well what would one expect after fifteen winters spent bashing bodies with the biggest and best in the game? Or racing some of humankind’s finest athletes from goal to goal? Not that Erick Dampier enjoys increasing signs of seniority. “A lot of stress caused a lot of those gray hairs!” he chuckles.
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