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Richard Sherman and his girlfriend, Ashley, are expecting a baby boy, the Seattle Seahawks cornerback revealed Tuesday.
Buried at the bottom of Sherman’s column Tuesday for Sports Illustrated’s Monday Morning Quarterback site, he wrote that this week could be extra special for him and his family. Not only could he take home a second Super Bowl ring, he could soon take home a son.
(Promotional image/Sports Illustrated)
From Sherman’s column:
I got some news nine months ago that helped me reach a conclusion. My girlfriend, Ashley, and I are expecting our first child, a boy, any day now. I’ve realized in the last year that I can evoke change by being a great role model: a man who respects women and police officers, who graduated from college and does everything in his power to be successful within the rules.
Circumstances dictate where you start—a single mother raised Kam Chancellor to become the man he is today—but each individual determines his course. Where I came from, in Compton, kids were brainwashed into thinking that if they weren’t athletes or rappers or drug dealers they were nothing. My son will understand that he’s in control of his own destiny and that education, work ethic and discipline will guide him to an even better life than I’ve enjoyed. He’ll be the man who makes this world a better place through positive actions and influence.
Sherman is featured along with the rest of Seattle’s Legion of Boom secondary on the cover of this week’s Sports Illustrated magazine, in advance of Super Bowl XLIX on Sunday in Glendale, Arizona.
Super Bowl Media Day was Tuesday at U.S. Airways Center in Phoenix. Here’s what Sherman said during his media session.
Visit seattlepi.com for more Seattle Seahawks news. Contact sports editor Nick Eaton at 206-448-8125, nickeaton@seattlepi.com or @njeaton.
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