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In ‘Bryans Song’, Piccolo lives as a friend

When Chicago Bears teammates Gail Sayers and Brian Piccolo became roommates in 1967, the first time NFL players of various colors shared the convenience of being on the road, it hardly seemed like a good fit. Cyrus, at the time, was already an established star, a soft-spoken black man who …

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