Athletes Show Off Their PetsFrom a football player and his ferrets to a skier with his donkeys, athletes love their animals on the side

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ERNIE SIMS

You might think pro football player Ernie Sims is posing inside of a pet store, but that's his house. "My parents know not to take me to a pet store," Sims tells SI Kids. "Because if I go to a pet store, I have to get something."