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By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Columnist | Bradenton Herald
He's the New Orleans Saints' biggest fan, not to mention the perfect beacon for a city that knows a thing or two about emerging from darkness.
As the Big Easy goes for another NFL championship, Steve Gleason is along for the ride.
Sure, his body failed him, perhaps because of the game he loved so much.
But Gleason never lost his desire to live and love and make a difference. That's really what's keeping him alive, even though the debilitating condition known as ALS — Lou Gehrig's disease —has reduced him to communicating with his eyes, some strained facial expressions and a computer-generated voice that he recorded before he lost his ability to speak.
His mind is as strong as it's ever been.
So is his passion for the Saints.
He attends practices. He attends every home game. He'll be there Sunday when they host the Los Angeles Rams in NFC championship game. ...
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