Tiger Db's Mom in His Thoughts -- Keep Playing for Memphis

The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › October 17, 2011

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Akeem Davis will sprint onto the field tonight at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, take his place in the secondary for the University of Memphis football team and glance quickly into the stands.

What he won't see is what he misses most.

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Tiger Db's Mom in His Thoughts -- Keep Playing for Memphis

It was a year ago today that Davis, a junior from Laurel, Miss., lost his mother, 48-year-old Karen Davis, to pancreatic cancer. The woman who was his rock, who inspired and encouraged him, died less than three weeks after being diagnosed with the disease, leaving Davi...

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