Cardiff native with Type 1 diabetes signs NIL deal close to his heart

ENCINITAS — For as long as he can remember, there have been two indisputable truths in Cade Brown’s life: a love of sports and Type 1 diabetes. Brown, a Cardiff native currently playing baseball for Murray State in Kentucky, recently struck a NIL deal close to his heart as one of 14 college athletes to sign with Dexcom, a leading company in real-time glucose monitoring for diabetics. The 23-year-old Cathedral Catholic High School alum, who grew up loving the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Angels, can’t remember a time without sports in his life. For years, Brown was active…