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It might work, but will be very buggy if it does. My experience with Sprite is that it doesn't like to work across different ROMs, including different Sprint upgrades. I think going from Verizon to Sprint (or vice versa) would just cause problems.

If I were you I would just point your friend to all of the programs you have installed in addition to xda developers and ppcgeeks. That way your friend can learn all about the phone and programs while in the process of setting up their phone to be just like or similar to yours.