COLUMBIA — As a small, blue rubber ball bounces off the white walls, 65-year-old Tommy Burnett tracks the ball with his eyes. When it comes off the glass at the back of the court, he smashes it with an open hand low off the front wall. It bounces so low to the ground that neither player on the other team can get to it in time. Burnett’s team has won another point.
Former NFL player finds success with handball
Saturday, July 17, 2010 | 6:58 p.m. CDT;
updated 9:25 a.m. CDT, Monday, July 19, 2010
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