Topic: Daily Mail: Tinnon hopes rocky road lasts bit longer

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by Derek Redd
Sports writer

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- It's impossible to miss Dennis Tinnon's smile. It's big and toothy and seems tattooed to his face.

Whether it's on the practice court, in a game or away from the arena, the 24-year-old senior forward loves every second of his life as a Marshall men's basketball player, and that smile makes it obvious.

"People ask me, 'Are you ever serious?' " he said.

Make no mistake, he takes things very seriously - his sport, his education and his future. He does it because of the three people who make his grin stretch the widest: his wife Robin, 3-year-old daughter Denyah and infant son Dennis III. When he peeks in on his two children before he goes to sleep, he thinks about the beautiful lives he and his wife have made.

Link: http://dailymail.com/Sports/MUSports/201303120151