Allen Iverson said, “I mean, listen, we’re talking about practice..."
can’t be late for practice, Roll Tide till die, War Eagle like a Tuskegee experiment
lynch-like toilet paper hanging from Tomer’s corner wrestle bear
pull turf from underneath knee, culture vulture, sing anthem like Willie Beaman
wear turnover chain like noose on Any Given Sunday
Russian roulette, plays each concussion, violence, sexual, violence, domestic
spin chamber, choke brain, spin chamber, choke brain, spin chamber, choke brain
"...not a game. Not... Not the game I go out there and die for..."
trapped inside padded helmet, buried alive, white elephants’
frozen tundra, odd-shaped balls
grip gloves, red leather, white stars, blue seams
protect the shield, shut up and dribble stick to sports
make lucid dreams come true
place pigskin, brown dirt, on caskets
"...and play every game like it’s my last!”
December 1, 2012 Jovan Belcher (aged 25) of Long Island, NY died in a murder-suicide, slaying
his then girlfriend, Kassandra Perkins (aged 22), before driving himself to his practice
facility and shooting himself in the head with a handgun. It has been reported that Jovan asked
his owner Clark Hunt (age 47) to take care of his young daughter, Zoey Belcher (4 months). According to
an autopsy report Jovan was suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) at the time of death.
A service will be held for Jovan at Landmark International Deliverance & worship center.
