Kevin Everett Visits Buffalo Bills, Watches Home Finale From Ralph Wilson Stadium
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Injured Buffalo Bills TE Kevin Everett was at Ralph Wilson Stadium today watching his team’s final home game of this 2007 season. I worked the game and was in the press box and locker room but never saw Kevin in-person. I can only imagine what was going through his mind thinking back to the season-opener against Denver when he went down with the spinal injury that nearly took his life and left him temporarily paralyzed. Even though the Bills lost to the N.Y. Giants 38-21, it was just a good feeling knowing that Kevin was “in the house.”
Earlier this week, I posted on a report by WGRZ in Buffalo that Kevin would walk onto the field before the game, which seemed like an incredibly good idea for Kevin, his teammates and the Buffalo fans. But according to an email from Triumph Books, the publisher of Kevin’s forthcoming autobiography:
“Oprah Winfrey’s producers approached Kevin Everett to be the lead show to launch this amazing story. They expect a book in hand, January 24th, before their taping January 31st. There are other broadcast shows lined up but Oprah demanded to be first. He cannot walk on the field of the last Bills game (as Buffalo wanted to do) because Oprah has set the rule here.”
Ok, what I’m reading is that Kevin could not make a public appearance because Oprah wanted him on her show first. If that’s the case, I think it stinks. Oprah is denying Kevin and the Buffalo fans what would have been one of the most unique and inspiring moments in NFL history. I understand that Kevin will be making some nice money on the Oprah appearance and that’s fine. But Oprah playing God is what boils my blood.
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Jan 10, 2008 at 9:09 pm
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