NAPA -- Neiron Ball is back feeling 100 percent, finally getting to experience what he considers normal football soreness from training camp.
The Raiders' second-year linebacker has spent plenty of time dealing with other pain, including a knee injury last year that required two surgeries and stripped away a large chunk of his rookie season."It's definitely a relief," Ball said Monday of his return to action. "Now I'm just going hard each and every day, trying to build it stronger and stronger, keep it strong."Ball knows all about bouncing back from pain. He lost both parents by the time he was 10.