COSTA MESA, Calif. -- You can hear the sadness in his voice. It's not outwardly noticeable if you didn't know to look for it, but it's there -- the kind of sadness you would never wish on anyone.
Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Kenneth Murray Jr. is a 6-foot-2 and 241-pound chiseled athlete who cares passionately about the game of football. He also cares passionately about his family, especially his adopted siblings, all of whom have severe special needs.
His father, a Baptist minister, and his mother, a retired police officer, learned of the children from his church congregation -- and took them in when Kenneth Jr.