UNI football player Parker Sutherland remembered for 'heart of gold'

Iowa City filled Little Hawk Arena to honor Parker Sutherland, a UNI football player remembered as “one of one” on and off the field.
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Inside the real life of a football manager

Photos: Stephen White - CameraSport via Getty Images; design: Eamonn Dalton/ The Athletic What is it really like to be a football manager? How do you escape the pressure? What impact do results have ...
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Wife of wheelchair-bound ex player begs others not to 'romanticize' NFL life

The wife of former NFL journeyman Louis Leonard is giving fans a look at what life is actually like for some former players. "My husband survived the NFL, but now he's surviving everything it left ...
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Academy aftercare: How football is helping young players after they are released

Natalie Wood has been reunited with Iwan Morgan at Shrewsbury Town Design: Eamonn Dalton/The Athletic; photos: Natalie Wood “I have kids who were released at under-18s,” says Grace Brooks. “I’ve ...
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'He changed programs and players': How Indiana's Curt Cignetti builds habits, life success

MIAMI — Long before Curt Cignetti earned the title of one of college football’s premier coaches and program builders at Indiana, he held a different reputation — one as much about developing people as ...