{"id":95,"date":"2010-07-25T15:32:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-25T22:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsports.us\/?p=95"},"modified":"2010-07-25T15:32:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-25T22:32:00","slug":"everyone-can-root-for-this-linebacker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=95","title":{"rendered":"Everyone can root for this linebacker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_na0H8CJUvY4\/TEy7N4Q7FiI\/AAAAAAAAAH8\/97CdsShpiWE\/s1600\/Mark+Herzlich.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_na0H8CJUvY4\/TEy7N4Q7FiI\/AAAAAAAAAH8\/97CdsShpiWE\/s320\/Mark+Herzlich.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Mark Herzlich looks so normal, tells his story with such straight-forward strength, that you find the facts almost hard to believe.<\/p>\n<p>A year ago, Herzlich was out of football with Ewing\u2019s sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer that threatened his life. He didn\u2019t play at all in 2009 and you figured you\u2019d never see him in a Boston College uniform again. <\/p>\n<p>On Sunday at the ACC\u2019s Football Kickoff, you couldn\u2019t help but be impressed by Herzlich. He spoke of how much he missed the game \u2013 \u201cHitting is the best part about what I do,\u201d he said _ and talked of how he can\u2019t wait until the opener Sept. 4 with Weber State.<\/p>\n<p>Herzlich, a senior, believes he is healthy now and his left leg can withstand college football. \u201cIf some freak accident happens, some freak accident happens,\u201d he said. The bone in his leg could break, but the real risk is, if it does, then healing again could be difficult.<\/p>\n<p>Herzlich understands this and exudes a calm and confidence honed by a year of rehabilitation. He spoke of how grateful he was when teammates and others raised money to fight cancer. His wears multiple wristbands that remind him of his comeback. One came from a fan and says \u201cPUSH,\u201d for \u201cPray Until Something Happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fan told him to pray for specific outcomes. \u201cI prayed to beat cancer and to come back and play football again,\u201d Herzlich said.\u201dGod willing, Sept. 4, I\u2019ll be able to fulfill that goal.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Herzlich looks so normal, tells his story with such straight-forward strength, that you find the facts almost hard to believe. A year ago, Herzlich&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}