Chester Pitts

Arian Foster's mother finally got her fruit basket.The Texans star running back fulfilled a childhood promise to her on Tuesday after signing a five-year, $43.5 million to stay in Houston.When Foster was growing up in Albuquerque, N.M., the big-dreaming kid told each family member what he was going to get them when he hit the salary jackpot in pro football."I was, like, 7 years old," Foster said at a news conference. "I was going to buy a house, I was going to buy a car."He had a specific gift in mind for each family member, and told his mother, Bernadette Sizemore, that he'd get her a fruit basket. It became a running gag in the family for years, with relatives always asking Arian when he would make good.On Tuesday, Sizemore got the fruit basket delivered to her office in Albuquerque, where she's an administrative assistant for African-American students at the University of New Mexico."I was just really floored," Sizemore said in a phone interview. "It's funny, it's a joke. But it's a...

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