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American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez Recap: The Danger Zone
Well, at least we’re getting into the “sports” part of American Sports Story.
Nordling lends an amusing oddball energy to Johnson, who warmly emphasizes his allegiance to the Gators and refers to himself as a “fan who can be of service from time to time.” From his perspective, it’s difficult for football players not to get into trouble occasionally, considering the fame they’re thrust into on campus and nationally. It’s still early on, but I’m already a bit skeptical of the framing; most of this has at least some basis in reality, with countless stories and interactions borrowed from the Gladiator podcast, but the editing and the writing risk drawing too clear of a line from queerness to toxic masculinity and, well, murderousness. Cam Newton’s arrest also didn’t happen until November 2008, though he did indeed steal a laptop and “ toss the computer out his dorm window in a humorously ill-advised attempt to hide it from the cops.” And while Aaron did sit out the Hawaii game at the start of the 2008 season, it was for a failed drug test.
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