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NFL can seem quite glamorous, but it's also a real pain for players.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Mac Engel
FORT WORTH, Texas _ Richie Anderson saves his best acting for Monday to cover up the limping and the grimacing, but although Richie Anderson II is only 9, he's old enough and smart enough to see Daddy is a big faker.
``Daddy,'' he asks, ``are you always going to hurt after games?''
The Dallas Cowboys' 33-year-old running back realizes he's been had.
``They don't like it when I'm walking funny on Monday. They don't like to see it, how could you?'' he said. ``I try to hide it. I don't want my kids to see me all wobbly.''
Stiff necks, aching knees, wobbly walking . . . they always have been a part of the typical NFL Monday morning. But as quarterbacks have morphed into linebacker dimensions and nearly all other players have grown into bigger, faster and stronger pseudo-cyborgs, the pain of each collision worsens, making Mondays increasing difficult to endure.
``Monday was really hard,'' said veteran ...
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