This week in our Thursday Night Tailgate Spotlight on the Positive segment hear about the great things Raiders Head Coach John Gruden is doing with his Sports Matters program and Dolphins Hall of Fame DE Jason Taylor is doing with his Foundation to improve healthcare, education and the quality of life for inner city kids.

Our good friend and former Rangers, Yankees, and Braves OF Billy Sample joins us and talks about what it was like when he first came up to the big leagues and those late 1970’s Texas Rangers teams. He shares stories about some of his teammates there and his one season with the Yankees. He also talked about his time in the broadcast booth with the Atlanta Braves and why we don’t hear him broadcasting any more.

Former Patriots Pro Bowl RB Tony Collins talks about how excited he used to get about going to and being at training camp and the reaction his body had those first few days. Plus how that same physical reaction continued when camp would open even after he retired.

Former University of Minnesota and CFL star QB Rickey Foggie joins us on this segment of Thursday Night Tailgate. Rickey shares his insights on the Gophers upcoming season, plus what it was like making the transition to playing up in the Canadian Football League. He also talked about what Johnny Manziel needs to do in order to be successful up there.

Willie Simmons shares his insights on the upcoming season for the Florida A&M Rattlers. He takes us inside his team and talks about several of his players who were named to the Pre-Season All-MEAC team. Coach also talks about the finishing touches being put on their new stadium turf and why the most important thing to him is developing good young men who will make an impact on their community vs. developing good football players. It’s easy to understand why he’s one of our all-time

On this week’s Thursday Night Tailgate Spotlight on the Positive segment hear about the great things Lions Guard Kenny Wiggins and the Acho family including former Eagles LB Emmanuel Acho and his brother Bears LB Sam Acho are doing here and in the Acho’s family native Nigeria.

Ron Lippock shares stories about some of the over 400 interviews he’s done with Steelers legends through the years on this segment of Thursday Night Tailgate.

Wendell talked about the 1986 & ‘87 seasons at LSU and the heartbreak of coming so close to a national championship twice. We heard about what it’s like on the LSU campus during Alabama week. Wendell talked about what it was like being drafted by the Bears and trying to make a name for himself during his first training camp against the #1 defense in the league. All of the same players on defense were still there in 1988 from that ‘85 Bears dominating defense. He talked about how they trashed

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Former Patriots Pro Bowl RB Tony Collins talks about domestic violence and the recent cases with former Patriots Safety Brandon Browner and Bills RB Shady McCoy on this segment of Thursday Night Tailgate.

In our Spotlight on the Positive segment this week we spotlight the great things Jaguars DT Malik Jackson continues to do and the great work former Lions Tackle Ray Roberts does with Intellectually challenged children.

We started out with Cris talking about his college playing days at Purdue and playing alongside Rod Woodson. Their freshman year they swept Notre Dame, Ohio State and Michigan, be coming the first Purdue team to ever do that. When he got to Houston Nick Saban was the DB Coach and Cris shared what it was like playing for him. We also heard what it was like showing up in training camp as a rookie 5th round pick and trying to make a name for yourself going up against Warren Moon, Ernest Giving, Drew

We carried the theme of CTE from our previous guest former BC Lions WR Marco Iannuzzi over to our discussion with Nick who is working with a company creating molecules that can help the brain cushion itself and potentially regenerate damaged cells. We also got his thoughts on the new kickoff rules and the difficulties the officials will in determininig any associated penalties. Prepare for more yellow flags…

Marco retired from the BC Lions of the CFL at the end of last season. He said why at age 31 he decided to walk away and the impact CTE and 2 major concussions had on his decision. Marco is a graduate of both Harvard and MIT and he shared stories of playing in “The Game”, Harvard vs. Yale.

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那一瞬间，我们都来不及说声再见文/黎青雅        从能记事开始，脑海中都经常浮现这样的情景——每到逢年过节，淑华伯母的两个女儿都会拎着好吃的东西回娘家，这也是我和妹妹最盼望最开心的日子。        在那个年代，我家穷得除了买化肥、种子，交提留款，就没有更多的钱给孩子们买零食了。看到别人家隔三差五打牙祭，买糖果给小孩的时候，我就只有盯着人家流口水的份。善良和蔼的淑华伯母，每每看见我和妹妹这种可怜兮兮的馋样子，就会一把搂过我和妹妹，不断地安慰：“乖乖，乖乖”，顺手把她平日里藏好的好吃的零食，塞进我和妹妹的嘴巴。那十多年的光阴，就这样在淑华伯母的慈爱里如流水飞逝。