(Source: Hawthorn Football Club) SAM Mitchell's grin remained a mile wide as he settled into his seat near the front of the team bus after the squad's practice match at the New York Jets' indoor training facility on Saturday. He had been the last player to leave the artificial surface, toe-poking the ball around the green turf marked in white with NFL measurements. 'I'm just a big kid,' Mitchell told AFL.com.au. That 33-year-old 'big kid' is making the most of every minute of this opportunity to travel to New York and prepare for the Virgin Australia International Rules Series. Not only has he been pounding Manhattan's pavement with wife Lyndall and a pusher carrying his son Smith for...
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