CLEVELAND, Ohio -- On the brink of playing for the Browns for the first time in almost three years, Josh Gordon opened up to Sports Illustrated about his extensive criminal past and gang involvement, including armed robbery, drug dealing, a felony conviction and getting shot.
SI's Ben Baskin traveled to Gainesville, Fla. to interview Gordon just a few weeks before he was conditionally reinstated by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, and shortly after he spent more than three months in an inpatient substance abuse clinic in Gainesville.
At the time of the interview, Gordon was staying at the home of his business manager Michael Johnson and working out at N.