Donald Thomas didn't just walk on to the University of Connecticut football team -- teammate Danny Lansanah dragged him on. The two had developed a mutual respect for each other through battles on the campus basketball courts (both starred in that sport in high school -- Lansanah in Harrisburg, Pa., and Thomas at West Haven, Conn.), and Lansanah...

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