Robinson, the 16-year National Football League veteran who is now the Carolina Panthers’ radio analyst, recently told the team’s players in what Robinson called “painful, heartbreaking” detail about his arrest for soliciting sex from an undercover police officer on the eve of a Super Bowl 17 years ago.
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Robinson still played for the Atlanta Falcons in that Super Bowl in 1999, but he played badly. Although he played the next day, he gave up an 80-yard touchdown pass from John Elway to Rod Smith in Denver’s 34-19 victory. Like I said, I just had surgery Monday and that’s something that you have to deal with when you’re coming back from surgery, but it’s leaving.
Don’t mess up like I did.
“When you think about what Cedric has overcome as a person, I think it really put things into perspective when you think about all he’s gone through and knowing that he’s the ultimate warrior”, Davis said. “… For him to step up and relive that, to tell the guys he was wrong and (forgot) the reason he was there, that is a huge message”. “There is a continuity that I think helps the players”.
“To hear the word “solicitation” is still painful for me”, Robinson said.
So Harper is giving a chance to Panthers fans to come watch Super Bowl 50 from his own couch while he’s playing in the game Sunday night. It’s supposed to be silly and fun – I get it – but props to you if you can make it through the entire video. It’s easy to lose your way when you’re selfish and you’re only thinking about yourself.
Newton on Tuesday emphatically tried to lay to rest any relevance of an African-American quarterback appearing in the NFL’s championship game.
Murphy was a seventh-round pick of the Seahawks.
Rivera said meanwhile he has impressed upon his free-scoring team, which marched through the regular season with only one defeat, the need to stay focused for a game in which they will start as favorites.
They’ll also take home a signed football and have access to a 4,000-square-foot fitness club, a pool table, 24-hour concierge, panoramic views of downtown, and an outdoor pool.
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“We’ve kind of crashed the party”, Rivera said.
