The Ballad of Big Mike

"Michael Lewis article on Michael Oher, All-American offensive left tackle of Ole Miss Rebels, and people in Memphis, Tenn, particularly Sean Tuohy and his wife, Leigh Anne, who helped him get there from his very unpromising beginning as more or less homeless, almost entirely unschooled 16-year-old whose father had been shot and killed and whose mother was addicted to crack; notes high salaries that NFL teams pay to left tackles because they protect right-handed quarterback's blind side; photos (L)"