Slideshow: Competition heats up

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

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Multimedia presentation by Peter Diana and Lizabeth Gray
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Willie Parker wants to reach for the stars and not the twinkle-twinkle little ones, either. He has set his sights on the North star of the NFL, the brightest of the bright.

They don't come any more luminous than San Diego halfback LaDainian Tomlinson, the reigning NFL Most Valuable Player after he set league records with 31 touchdowns and 186 points last season.

"I want to be better than L.T.," Parker proclaimed yesterday between the Steelers' double practices at Saint Vincent College. "L.T. can do all that stuff. He's like a role model to me. I look up to this guy. I just want to do what he does."

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First published on July 30, 2007 at 10:58 pm

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