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Bo debuts new PSA on MLB Central
- Updated: July 21, 2016
Baseball and football icon Bo Jackson joined MLB Network on Thursday morning, debuting a public service announcement encouraging the employment of people with disabilities.
The legendary two-sport athlete, who won the Heisman Trophy in 1985 and then went on to play in both the National Football League and Major League Baseball — including being named an All-Star for the Royals in 1989 — was representing the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society and their Ability Transcends Challenges program.
“Thankfully, sports has let people see me for what I could do. But for 57 million Americans with disabilities, they’ve often been judged for what they can’t do,” Jackson said in the PSA, which aired after 11:15 a.m. ET. “And that’s not fair. Consider people for their abilities — you’ll be surprised.”
Following the PSA, Jackson joined MLB Central hosts Mark Vasgersian, Mark DeRosa and John …
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