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With a new leg, Tisdale taking steps to recovery
BY JENNI CARLSON | Modified: October 22, 2008 at 12:37 am
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Published: October 22, 2008
Oklahoman
Wayman Tisdale hiked up his black gym shorts and showed off his prosthetic right leg.
His crimson and cream leg.
The massive carbon fiber sleeve that fits over what remains of his leg is University of Oklahoma crimson. That familiar cream-colored interlocking OU adorns it, too.
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