TAMPA, Fla. -- The NFL season is more than halfway finished, but Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle Akeem Spence is feeling like a brand-new man. He doesn't care if that means having large purple dots all over his back, the result of cupping therapy, a traditional Chinese medicinal technique that utilizes suction cups to increase blood flow to certain areas of the body and promote healing.
"I started doing it probably like the second week of the season," said Spence, 24, and now in his fourth year in the league. He's graduated from 'new kid on the block' to 'veteran' status.