Zak Keefer
@zkeefer
National NFL features writer @TheAthletic, adjunct professor @IUMediaSchool.
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https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/author/zak-keefer/ 04-05-2009 02:14:08
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The climb of Jordan Love, via Matt Schneidman » Aaron Rodgers on Love's first three years in GB » The two starts that won Brian Gutekunst over » What Love has done so far that's impressed a new mentor of his, Peyton Manning nytimes.com/athletic/57361…
Agree — Pat Boylan Fever/Pacers is one of the best out there. Pacers and Fever fans are lucky to have him
🎧 The Athletic Football Show Week 1 preview 🎙️ Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen 🏈 Ravens-Chiefs recap w/ Mike Sando 🥳 Ten things were excited about in Week 1 😍 Packers-Eagles & Rams-Lions 🐻 Caleb Williams' debut ✈️ The Aaron Rodgers Jets...finally And more! podfollow.com/the-athletic-f…
New The Athletic Troy Aikman's 57, works out like he’s still playing, earns $18 million a year on TV and owns his own beer company. But privately, success was never enough. The reason stretches back to when he was a teenager on the Oklahoma plains: nytimes.com/athletic/57349…
“Not to get weird on you, but it’s taken a lot of personal work … finding it within myself to give myself grace. There was a lot of, ‘Why do I feel this way?’" Read Zak Keefer on Troy Aikman. nytimes.com/athletic/57349…
Exceptional piece in which Zak Keefer captures the essence of the Troy Aikman that I’ve known since 1989. Kids and athletes should read this to understand how driven you need to be to achieve success at the highest levels of competition — and life.
Troy Aikman is the archetype American success story. He has Super Bowls, a 23-year broadcasting career and booming business ventures, but the triumphs everyone saw masked the inner turmoil no one knew about. Zak Keefer has more on the man once called “God’s Quarterback.”