For Albert, Transformation Is Complete; Show of Discipline Helped Cavs Captain Shed His Soft Side

From: The Washington Post | Date: October 12, 2007| Author: Adam Kilgore - Washington Post Staff Writer | Copyright information

Branden Albert often thinks back to what he was, and marvels at what he is. He was a basketball player, "a soft kid" whose academic laziness buried him in the ninth grade. Now, he is a Virginia football captain, only a junior, the anchor of the offensive line and a three-year starter.

But Albert never would have tried football, never would have made the grades for college, if not for a decision that changed his life. In 2002, he moved from Rochester, N.Y., to Glen Burnie to live with ...

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