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American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez Recap: Golden Ticket


This show seems intent on showing every painstaking moment when its title character could have gone down a different road.

According to American Sports Story,Aaron Hernandez dealt with two life-threatening vices over the course of his young life — two addictions that put his college football career in danger, that could have stopped him from ever playing for the NFL. “Pray the Gay Away” begins with the Florida Gators’ big 2009 BCS National Championship win against Oklahoma, a moment that solidifies Aaron’s celebrity on campus even as it exposes him to a lot of added scrutiny and pressure. As in last week’s episodes, American Sports Story gets pretty interesting when it focuses on the way college football teams operate, zeroing in on the people (usually men) who keep this ecosystem running with as little outside scrutiny as possible.

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