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  • One year later, Mylan Hicks’ parents still wonder why he was killed

    Every morning, Renee Hill wakes up and kisses two pictures of her son, Mylan Hicks. In one, he’s in uniform, playing football at Michigan State. The other is from his time in training camp with the San Francisco 49ers. Hill kisses those pictures because that’s all she has now — pictures reminding her of her oldest son. Pictures upon pictures joined by helmets and cleats and anything else that serves as a reminder of the former Detroit Renaissance star who played four seasons at Michigan State then followed his football dream from San Francisco to Brooklyn to Calgary, Alberta.

    Source: Detroit News

  • Lawrence Thomas draws inspiration from fallen friend Mylan Hicks

    Lawrence Thomas stops each day in front of the large framed photo that’s hanging in his home and speaks to the man he considered a brother. The New York Jets defensive end — and sometimes fullback — lets Mylan Hicks know that he’s always thinking of him. It’s also a reminder to Thomas that his childhood buddy and former high school and college teammate is watching over him.

    Source:Pro32: Head to Head

  • Couch: If you didn’t know Mylan Hicks, you missed out

    Most Michigan State football fans didn’t know Mylan Hicks. Not like they thought they knew his classmate, Mike Sadler. Hicks wasn’t the public showman. Or as visible. He was a utility player — a cornerback, then a safety, then a linebacker, rarely a starter. He played mostly on special teams until his senior year. But, like Sadler, Hicks left his mark on MSU’s football program and its people. And, like Sadler, his life is over way too soon.

    Source: Lansing State Journal

  • The life of murdered Calgary Stampeders DB Mylan Hicks

    No one can tell me I can’t play ball — that was something he always told himself when he faced doubt. Swearing by that statement, he’d earned his spot as a starter with the Spartans in his senior year. Nothing was going to stop him from ending up where he believed he was supposed to be. Raised in a family of deep faith, he felt his path was predetermined. He was going get there — someway, somehow — even if it meant returning to the baseball diamond he’d played on as a boy to charge up and down the bleachers with weights on his ankles, to run drills in the field between cones he carried there himself.

    Source: Sportsnet.ca