EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Twelve-year-old Kevin Warren was an aspiring basketball player in the Phoenix area, riding his bike one day when a driver lost control of her car and hit him.
The boy's life-altering, split-second airborne journey ended on a small patch of grass. He spent a month in traction and six months in a body cast, prompting doubt from the doctor about walking again, let alone playing sports.
That's not where the story ended for Warren, the Minnesota Vikings executive whose promotion last year made him the first black chief operating officer of an NFL team.