"How Tom Brady’s record-breaking career changed the game of football" PBS NewsHour 2/1/2022
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SUMMARY: The most successful quarterback in NFL history is retiring after 22 seasons and seven Super Bowl wins. Tom Brady played 20 years with the New England Patriots and the last two with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. NBC’s Al Michaels joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss his legacy.
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"How Carl Nassib’s coming out may be a starting point to alter ‘macho’ NFL attitudes" PBS NewsHour 6/22/2021
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SUMMARY: Footballer Carl Nassib's decision to come out as gay on Monday makes him the first active player in the NFL's history to do so. Others have come out only after they retired or left the game. Nassib, however, is a five-year veteran defensive lineman, currently playing for the Las Vegas Raiders. Amna Nawaz discusses the coming out with LZ Granderson, a sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times.
SUMMARY: NFL quarterback Andrew Luck has announced his resignation at age 29. Plagued by injuries, the Indianapolis Colts player called it quits just two weeks before the new season begins. Sportswriter John Feinstein, author of the book “Quarterback,” which profiled Luck and four other NFL quarterbacks, joins John Yang to discuss the physical and mental toll of the nation’s most-watched sport.
