It was a typical Wednesday morning during the Whittier Tech football season for Kevin Bradley. He was dissecting film of his next opponent, Lawrence High.
What wasn’t typical was the location, Mass. General Hospital, awaiting a chemotherapy session followed by radiation treatment.
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