Jeff Swensen for The New York Times
PITTSBURGH — Jamain Stephens did not need much of an introduction when he showed up years ago for his first day of practice at Central Catholic High School. His father, with the same name, was a former first-round draft pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
But Stephens made a memorable entrance anyway, wearing a white T-shirt, as was required by all freshmen, that happened to be dotted with red Kool-Aid stains. A fitting nickname was born: Juice.
Wherever Stephens went, through high school and then to California University, a small college in southwestern Pennsylvania, he brought juice to the room.