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The Nike Sportswear NYC Hall of Fame is about the best thing in the world I can think of right now. Everything I love to talk about is all in the same building. NYC sports legends, Nike products and ballpark concessions food. I unfortunately OD’d on the Cracker Jacks and hot dogs at this last session. Next time I will definitely say “No Mas!”

CHRIS ISENBERG is the host for these interviews and where I felt like CHRIS didn’t hit his marks with DWIGHT ‘Doc’ GOODEN he scored with this session’s icon, HARRY CARSON. Ultimately, it wasn’t CHRIS’s fault but some athletes are very reserved and need encouragement to speak publicly, while some jocks are happily jocular and will talk for hours on end about a topic. I’m sorry I missed the AMANI TOOMER session last month.

HARRY CARSON was the anchor of the New York Giants football team that may have had one of the single greatest seasons in pro football history. The 1986 New York Giants were such an incredible, irresistible force on the field because their defense dominated teams in every aspect of play. I’m still surprised that sportswriters don’t mention this team in the same breaths as the classic Steelers, Bears and Ravens squads. HARRY CARSON played alongside GEORGE MARTIN, LEONARD MARSHALL, MARK HAYNES, CARL BANKS, ELVIS PATTERSON and possibly thr greatest defensive player of all time – LAWRENCE TAYLOR.

HARRY CARSON was funny and serious. It was interesting to listen to him recount his early years with the Giants and then their emergence as the dominant defensive team they became. He recalled his friendships with head coach BILL PARCELLS and the mercurial superstar that TAYLOR had become under the bright lights. CARSON even credited JIM BURT with creating the “Gatorade splash” that was made popular during their 1986 title season. More than anything else HARRY CARSON defied the notion of linebackers and their personalities. He was someone I could have listened to for hours on end.

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