Football on American Society and was why it must change. This is about one hour. Thanks for coming out this beautiful day. Would we can all agree together we would rather be outside. Thank you for being inside for d little bitter, going to read a little bit from the purpose of this book which is called i was in a cold but i was out and its an attempt to set up with the book is about. M it begins with the fact that ags clipping on my wall for many years at the game story, gameply between new england patriot and the Miami Dolphins. Is a plan and kevin gets tackled and after the game is asked abot about this tackle because hes e motionless on the ground for quite some time. I quote i wasnt out called but i. Was out. Have to be recovered lying on rr the ground he said no, i dont so i must have been out. That, t wasnt normal. I didnt have that same normal feeling when i got up. I thought it was funny. That would be the simplest way to explain why i brought this story home and cut out the se
And he stayed after me and one of the last things he said before he was arrested last time was if somebody came through the store right now and offered me a billion dollars i wouldnt take it. I thought you know you would. [laughter] but i was joking with him because i wouldnt have taken a billion dollars either. So in my grief i stayed in bed about six months which caused people to be concerned about me that i had disappeared and i wasnt coming out but then that promise struck me and i kept hearing his voice and he said now george is going to give up on me youre going to let them forgive me and then when he died at the way that he did i kept playing it back and i thought im not going to let them throw it away. That is what is wrong with humanity right now in this country. We shouldnt get to decide because someone is is in a different zip code or has less money in their bank account that their lives have no value. What if it was your child or your husband or your loved one so i started
Why football matters. He talks about the contributions that go has made and continues to make to the American Culture and argues for many boys playing football is how theyve learned about courage, faith, patriotism and teamwork. He spoke at the university of virginia bookstore in charlottesville virginia. Thank you very much for being here and to the gentleman from cspan who driven all the way down to record this event and your adulation worded versions or whatever it is you have which shouldnt be too terribly long. What do we have . We have a book called my education in the game and its written by an english professor. It is my tenth book and most of my books have to do with education as this one does come, so is in a different key than some of those other books. But nevertheless it is in the scope of what im doing. My next book is called ideals, and its in the defense of ideas and it involved what will be published by the Harvard University press at this Time Next Year so with any lu
Elected officials. There are now something over 1000 young elected officials who are holding offices as mayors and three of them are in the congress of the United States now. Its doing very well. And next steve almond author of against football and Gregg Easterbrook the author of the king of sportss. Thanks for coming out. Its a beautiful day. We can all agree together we would rather be outside. Thank you for being inside for a little bit. Im going to read just a little bit from the preface of this book which is called i wasnt out cold but i was out and it has two setup of the book is about. It begins with the fact that i have a clipping on my wall for many years which is a game story thats about a game between the new England Patriots in the Miami Dolphins and theres a player named kevin faulk gets tackled and after the game is asked about the tackle because he is motionless on the ground for quite sometime. Quote i wasnt out cold but i was out said faulk. Asked if he remembered goin
With lester holt and erica hi, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Weome to today on a saturday morning. Im lesterolt. Imrica hill. Alongside dylan dreyer and cra melvin who is in this morning for jenna. We want to staith our top story. Weavent seen the full picture of the destruction typhoon haiyan has lef behind. There are more images of e damage coming in throughout the morning. Weo know that entire neighborhoods ve been destrod. Were also learning this morning the storm is responsible for at least 000 deaths. It is a dficult area to get to. The pictures slowly coming t, the aid slowly getting to where it is needed. Correspondent angus walker is in manila and hashis update for us. Angus, good rning. Rorter people here have seen many orms but super typhoon haiyan was much more than thebargained for. Th are beginning to suey the ha than they bargain for. They are beginning to survey the damagen the philippines after onof the strongest storms ever recorded