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Adrian Peterson in the Olympics? Not a chance
Adrian Peterson in the Olympics? Not a chance

It's very hard to type when your body is contorted by paroxysms of laughter. And what other reaction but guffaws can you have to Adrian Peterson's telling ESPN Friday he is thinking of giving up pro football to pursue what he called an "Olympic dream?" Even if, of course, there is nothing funny about what Peterson did to put himself in a situation where one of the most productive running backs in NFL history imagines himself better off trying to race the world's fastest men. The giving-up-football part might not be a joke. The making-the-Olympics-for-the-USA part is, no matter if this isn't the first time the man suspended after being indicted for...