Call it Blind Side, the New Orleans Super Bowl 2013 edition. When Baltimore arrives in town for Super Bowl XLVII, Ravens right tackle Michael Oher will be one of the many storylines poured over by the media looking for anything to write about.
Oher and his adoptive family, the Tuohys, was the subject of the 2009 hit movie "The Blind Side," for which actress Sandra Bullock, who owns a house in New Orleans, won an Oscar.
The movie told the story of how the Tuohys took in the teenage Oher, living on the streets of Memphis at the time, nurtured him and, eventually, adopted him. The movie also explored Oher’s considerable football talent and the recruiting race that ensued his senior season.
He chose Ole Miss in 2005, was an All-American with...
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