Dreams come true today for Diem, McCareins.(Sports)

From: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) | Date: April 21, 2001| Author: Willhite, Lindsey | Copyright information

Byline: Lindsey Willhite Daily Herald Sports Writer

Ryan Diem has wined and dined with Wanny in Miami, worked out like a fiend in Rolling Meadows and wondered why he still stinks at basketball when his 34-inch vertical leap seems more like that of an NBA small forward than a 338-pound offensive lineman.

Justin McCareins has stayed in school, stunned the experts with a phenomenal showing at the NFL combine in late February and seen his stock skyrocket the way t...

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