Bucs defensive end Simeon Rice doesn't want greatness, he craves football immortality. His torrid workouts attest to that desire. Don't believe it? Just try and keep up, silly.
PHOENIX - For each foot the sun climbs into the cloudless sky, overworked thermometers leap 3, maybe 4 degrees. By midday, Phoenix's savage 110-degree heat is unrelenting and unforgiving.
It gets so hot here in the summertime, Bucs defensive end Simeon Rice said, you sometimes see car tires melted into the pitch. Stand too long in a single spot, your sneakers become one with the ground.
Rice would have it no other way. It is in these grueling conditions that the 29-year-old sack master prepares for each new season and lays the groundwork for what he hopes will be his legacy....
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PHOENIX - For each foot the sun climbs into the cloudless sky, overworked thermometers leap 3, maybe 4 degrees. By midday, Phoenix's savage 110-degree heat is unrelenting and unforgiving.
It gets so hot here in the summertime, Bucs defensive end Simeon Rice said, you sometimes see car tires melted into the pitch. Stand too long in a single spot, your sneakers become one with the ground.
Rice would have it no other way. It is in these grueling conditions that the 29-year-old sack master prepares for each new season and lays the groundwork for what he hopes will be his legacy....
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