Chargers' Gordon is happy that his biggest supporter, his father, is out of prison
LOS ANGELES - There is not a hint of anger in Melvin Gordon's voice or condemnation in his words, only gratitude for a father who "kept food on the table for me and my mom and kept a roof over our heads," the Los Angeles Chargers running back says.
That his father provided for the family by selling cocaine, which led to a drug-trafficking charge and a five-year stint in federal prison, has remarkably left Gordon neither conflicted nor confused.
"You know what? Everyone makes mistakes; no one in this world is perfect," Gordon, 24, said. "The quicker you understand that, the faster you forgive.
"Some people are put in positions of making decisions they need to make for their family to survive. As a kid, you understand that. But I'm in a position
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