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Forget Quidditch, Harry Potter author is a Seahawks fan

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Seattle Seahawks NFL football cornerback Richard Sherman talks to reporters while dressed as a wizard from the Harry Potter movie and book series, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016, at Seahawks headquarters in Renton, Wash. From Sunday night to Monday morning, Sherman was suffering from dehydration and fatigue on the flight back to Seattle after being on the field for nearly 100 plays and more than 46 minutes of game time in the Seahawks\' 6-6 tie with the Arizona Cardinals. (Stephen Cohen/seattlepi.com via AP)

DENTON, Wash. – Seattle Seahawks star Richard Sherman is a huge Harry Potter fan.

So with Halloween looming, Sherman agreed to a request from his son. He donned a cape and grabbed a wand for his weekly media session, presenting a very authentic Harry Potter look.

His display came three days after the Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals played to a 6-6 tie in the desert that left Sherman dehydrated. Sherman acknowledged on Wednesday that “five quarters of football is pretty tough, but Quidditch — the Beaters, the Chasers, trying to find the Golden Snitch — is tough.”

Summoning such terms from the Harry Potter books earned the Seahawks at least one new fan. Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling wrote in a post Thursday: “Did I ever mention that I’m a #Seahawks fan? Well, I am.”

Well, not quite.

She added: “(Don’t ask me who plays for them apart from R Sherman.)”

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