by Amaury Pi Gonzalez

USA Today Sports photo by Matthew Emmons–NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell holds press conference on Friday before Super Bowl 50

SAN FRANCISCO–NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell met with the news media on Friday and opened up on several subjects, starting with former Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel while the NFL wants to help players who are on substance abuse Manziel may never play again. Former San Diego Charger quarterback Ryan Leaf said that Manziel is like looking in the mirror as Leaf said he’s doing some of thing Leaf did when played in the NFL.

Goodell said that concussions in the NFL are and will be addressed. Goodell said that the NFL is trying to model itself on tackles in a safe way the way that Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll is teaching the way to tackle without any helmet contact. Goodell was told that in the past year seven high school players died from head injuries and Goodell wants to implement some safety plans to avoid any future concussions.

Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves and we talk of the real living legends of baseball on our podcast today following our Super Bowl 50 podcast. “Hammerin”Hank Aaron is 82 years old today. In the major league baseball record books, Aaron is second in homer runs with 755, just 7 behind Barry Bonds with 762, Babe Ruth is #3 with 714.  Aaron played for 23 years in the majors, ended with a .305 batting average and on April 8, 1974 hit his home run 715 to pass the Babe and (at that time)became the home run king.

Hank Aaron was one of the best players in history, through his career, and especially when he got close to the most heralded record in baseball, the home run record, he got plenty of mail with death threats to his life and his family, but concentrating in the game of baseball, one of the toughest game to have success, he shined like few in history. To this day, many still consider Hank Aaron the “real”home run of baseball, as we all know for the obvious reasons of Bonds perpetual dark cloud and suspicion of steroids use.