February 1st, 2008
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A little over four months ago, Buffalo Bills TE Kevin Everett lay on the Ralph Wilson Stadium turf unable to move. After making a hit on a kick return against the Denver Broncos in both teams’ 2007 season opener, Kevin suffered a catastrophic and life-threatening injury […]
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January 22nd, 2008
Courtesy Triumph Books
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Here is the front cover of the forthcoming Kevin Everett book Standing Tall: The Kevin Everett Story. Published by Triumph Books, it was written by Sam Carchidi who has been a staff writer and South Jersey sports columnist at The Philadelphia Inquirer since 1984. He co-authored […]
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January 10th, 2008
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Buffalo Bills TE Kevin Everett is just one of many fantastic stories of courage and achievement that make up the 2007 class of The Ed Block Courage Awards.
It’s well-known that Kevin suffered a spinal cord injury covering a kickoff in the Bills’ season opener against the Broncos. […]
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December 23rd, 2007
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Injured Buffalo Bills TE Kevin Everett was at Ralph Wilson Stadium today watching his team’s final home game of this 2007 season. I worked the game and was in the press box and locker room but never saw Kevin in-person. I can only imagine what was going through […]
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December 13th, 2007
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I just finished reading Kevin Everett’s great Sports Illustrated article. Kevin will be on the cover of next week’s SI, but you can read the copy from SI.com today.
Now a little more than three months after he lay motionless on the floor of Ralph Wilson Stadium during […]
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December 7th, 2007
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Buffalo Bills TE Kevin Everett was released from Memorial Hermann/TIRR three weeks ago and is now an outpatient there. That’s good enough news on its own. What’s even better news is the fact Kevin is walking in and out of his daily rehabilitation sessions on his own.
Thinking […]
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November 19th, 2007
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Ten weeks after sustaining a severe spinal cord injury. Buffalo Bills TE Kevin Everett was released from Houston’s Memorial Hermann/TIRR where he spent the past two months in rehab. In a statement released by the hospital, Kevin said:
“While this news is a significant milestone […]
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October 24th, 2007
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When Buffalo Bills TE Kevin Everett went down with a potentially life-threatening, temporarily paralyzing spinal cord injury on a special teams play in the team’s first game of this 2007 season against Denver, it left not only the Western New York community but the entire country at attention […]
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October 17th, 2007
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Here’s a message from Buffalo Bills TE Kevin Everett in a statement released by Memorial Hermann/TIRR in Houston where Kevin has spent the past three weeks in rehab:
“I am deeply humbled by all of your support, your thoughts, and your prayers during this trying period in […]
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David Kindervater -- 2 comments
October 16th, 2007
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More good news to report on Kevin Everett’s recovery from a severe spinal cord injury. Kevin has developed enough strength to hold himself up briefly on a walker, and he can also use his feet to push himself around in a wheelchair. He is also able to open […]
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