Football and Skiing?

¹ Can you play football and be an Olympic Skier? Jeremy Bloom thinks you can. Jeremy was born in Colorado. He spent a lot of time skiing in the Rocky Mountains. His dad teaches people to ski. His whole family loves to ski. They would take family ski trips to the mountains.

² Jeremy loves to ski, and he loves football too. He used to watch the Denver Broncos when he was little. He wanted to be a football player more than anything. Jeremy went to the University of Colorado. He played football. He also kept skiing. In fact, he went to the 2002 Olympics. They were in Salt Lake City, Utah. .....
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	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 2 to 3
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	3.65

	challenging words:		football, fact, also, follow, family, year, born, being, people, whole, than, anything, watch, field, time, play
	content words:		Olympic Skier, Jeremy Bloom, Rocky Mountains, Denver Broncos, Salt Lake City

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