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March 29, 2006

Vinatieri to donate Super Bowl cleats for scholarship fund / Photo

Former Patriots kicker Adam Vinatieri may have left the New England Patriots behind, but his latest gesture will at least make some future college students happy.

Vinatieri plans to donate the cleats that he wore during Super Bowls XXXVIII and XXXIX to the Arthritis Foundation at a ceremony Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock at the foundation's office, 2348 Post Rd., Suite 104, in Warwick. The Arthritis Foundation will then auction the cleats to endow a new Vinatieri Scholarship Fund, which will assist students who have been diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

Vinatieri previously gave the foundation the cleats he wore during Super Bowl XXXVI, against the St. Louis Rams, and during the "Snow Bowl" 2002 playoff game against the Oakland Raiders. The cleats that will be donated Friday were worn during Super Bowl victories against the Carolina Panthers -- a game in which Vinatieri made the decisive kick in overtime -- and the following year against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Posted by Mike McDermott  at 1:07 AM | Permalink