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Sophomore cornerback Marcus Rios fought off a serious infectious disease to return to the UCLA football team.

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The prospect of passing out from exhaustion and pain hung constantly over Marcus Rios. Coming down with stuffy noses during his senior year of high school morphed into breathing almost exclusively through his mouth during football summer workouts.

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Marcus Rios takes pains to return to field despite fungus

By Emilio Ronquillo

Nov. 1, 2013 2:47 a.m.