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Wed 02 Feb 2008Man mountain climbing high
AMERICAN FOOTBALL THE IRISH ANGLE: Glenn Baker has his US playbook and designs on the Ireland team.
NOT MANY 16-year-olds have climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. Especially not many who weigh 19 1/2 stone. But then Glenn 'Bubba' Baker wasn't your average 16-year-old.Now 20, he is on course to complete his freshman year in Animated Graphic Design at Mount Ida College, just outside Boston. Oh yeah, although Irish born and bred 'Bubba' made right tackle in the varsity offensive line.
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