What a Nice Guy

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I'm in Washington DC today. I was just watching some ESPN on the hotel room TV. They were doing this "Make A Wish" segment with a dying 6 year old boy, Andrew, and his hero, New England Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi.

Usually, the Make A Wish stuff drives me nuts because why waste a good wish on someone who's 4 weeks away from kicking the bucket? But this particular segment was good, not because of the wimpy little kid, but because of Tedy Bruschi. On the field, he crushes pipsqueak running backs, but off the field, Tedy is just a guy who's good with kids.

The cameras showed him taking little Andrew around the stadium for an entire day. All along the way, Tedy made sure to explain all the details of what happens on an NFL game day. He was very detailed: from getting dressed, to doing the team cheer, to patting teammates on the shoulder pads before hitting the field. When the two got onto the field, Tedy was calling plays and handing the ball off to little Andrew. He let Andrew score a touchdown. And then for the post-game, they even did a little mock press conference, so Andrew could talk about his game-winning touchdown with only 3 imaginary seconds left (in the game, not his life). After ALL that, as if Tedy wasn't worn down enough, he even hit the showers with little Andrew. Tedy Bruschi is a good man.