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Ian Villanueva
About Ian Villanueva
After spending four years at Cal, Ian has learned that you should never get your hopes up too high. Other than the man-crush he has on Kobe Bryant and his indoctrinated love of the Lakers, he, like Canadian rapper Drake, does it for the Bay. OK? He's even coming around (a little) on the Niners.
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