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On Second Thought

A holy appropriate subject

By Kevin Paul Dupont

 |  Globe Staff  

  December 11, 2011

Tim Tebow is making a lot of sports fans uneasy, some of us angry, others even defiant. The 24-year-old Denver Broncos quarterback figures he has God on his side, and he’s fairly matter-of-fact about it. Whenever the spirit moves him, he references his Lord and Savior in his interviews, which are mainly about football but typically, and predictably, stray off into the mysterious acres of spirituality.

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