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the road to the nfl is well travelled, but littered with pitfalls and broken dreams. typically, thatjourney begins age five or six and encompasses high school and college, before a select few reached the promised land. efe obada s route wasn t like many who ve gone before, but then again, his story is farfrom typical. hisjourney to america s biggest show began age 20. far from the glitz and glamour in south london. one of my friends, josh hastings, played american football for the warriors and he saw my size. we were similar built. we went to college together. and at the time, he was, he was very skinny. he s very modern. and when i saw him again, you know, he had some size on him. and he told me that he was playing american football and i would be a good fit. so i went down and i thought nothing of it. like, honestly, it was the first time seeing helmets and pads and all these things. it was very strange. like i never saw. i ve never seen anything like that in south london.
disappearance. ais year old boy and are charged with the murder of the 16 year old girl who was killed in cheshire on saturday. inflation remains near a a0 year high. the uk s most expensive drug saves a toddler with a rare genetic condition, but it is too late to save her terminally ill sister. nicola sturgeon is stepping down as scotland s first minister and leader of the scottish national party. she will leave office as soon as her successor is chosen. she says she can no longer give the role the full commitment she believes that it needs, and she hinted that after eight years as scotland s first minister, efforts to broaden the appeal of scottish independence could be hampered by what she called polarised opinions about her work. we ll look back at her career and get political reaction from edinburgh and london, but first lorna gordon on nicola sturgeon s resignation. she is scotland s longest serving first minister, the first female to hold the position. and today, nicol
the road to the nfl is well travelled, but littered with pitfalls and broken dreams. typically, thatjourney begins age five or six and encompasses high school and college, before a select few reached the promised land. efe obada s route wasn t like many who ve gone before, but then again, his story is farfrom typical. hisjourney to america s biggest show began age 20. far from the glitz and glamour in south london. one of my friends, josh hastings, played american football for the warriors and he saw my size. we were similar built. we went to college together. and at the time, he was, he was very skinny. he s very modern. and when i saw him again, you know, he had some size on him. and he told me that he was playing american football and i would be a good fit. so i went down and i thought nothing of it. like, honestly, it was the first time seeing helmets and pads and all these things. it was very strange. like i never saw. i ve never seen anything like that in south london.
took to the streets for the ninth saturday in a row. now it s time for efe 0bada: against all odds. honestly, the way i got into the nfl was a miracle. london is definitely still home for me, 100%. do you still head back to your old haunts? i still do, yeah. one, two, three. let s go. the more people to see your story, the more inspiration that gets people to think that to themselves, i mjust like efe. i can do exactly what he did. the road to the nfl is well travelled, but littered with pitfalls and broken dreams. typically, thatjourney begins age five or six and encompasses high school and college, before a select few reached the promised land. efe 0bada s route wasn t like many who ve gone before, but then again, his story is far from typical. hisjourney to america s biggest show began age 20. far from the glitz and glamour in south london. one of my friends, josh hastings, played american football for the warriors and he saw my size. we were similar built. we went to coll