OU football player tackles role as 10-year-old's guardian
NORMAN - University of Oklahoma football player Carl Pendleton recalls the birth of his little buddy Kierstan, who arrived in this world with crack cocaine racing through his veins.
A biological cousin, Kierstan eventually found a home with Carl's parents, becoming the little brother Carl always wanted.
"We weren't going to adopt him at first," Pendleton said. "We were going to transfer custody and my g...
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