Why do Black fathers still have to have this conversation with their sons?

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If there’s going to be change, this is the perfect place to start.
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If being a dad slash husband slash athlete during all of this got a 2K rating, I have to say I’m a 97.
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I’m someone who fights for everything out on the football field and who … does NOT like to get tackled.
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Things like personality and work ethic? They’re not measurable at a combine.
And just like in 2017, I only need one answer and one team.
Trying to prepare yourself for what is ultimately unknown is the hardest part of this whole thing.
As a kid, in one way or another I was always runnin’ to somewhere … or from something.
It was my first time being a free agent, and obviously my first time being in free agency during a pandemic.
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I definitely want to say to the world and everybody out there: Let’s take this thing seriously.
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Putting your thoughts — your darkest, most brutal ones — into words is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do.