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A coach’s promise – CBS News

A coach’s promise – CBS News

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When he was 12, Sam Cunningham was diagnosed with leukemia. Soon after, Auburn University basketball coach Bruce Pearl recorded an inspirational video for Sam, telling him, “Cancer picked the wrong hombre.” And Pearl did more than just inspire a cancer patient: he made a promise to the young man, a promise he has since kept, now that Cunningham is a freshman at Auburn. Steve Hartman reports.

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