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What's up, sunshine? Happy Friday.

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Friday fry. Yay. We made it to the best

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day of the week. I'm Koi Wire with

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another episode of CNN 10. So fresh and

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so clean. Clean. What a week it has

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been, and we are so grateful to spend

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part of it with you. Now, let's get you

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your news. We begin in Milan where the

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2026 Winter Olympic Games opening

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ceremony gets underway 8:00 p.m. local

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time. Before reaching Olympic HQ, the

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Olympic torch was carried by Team USA's

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first ever honorary coach Snoop Dog to

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nearby Monza. US Vice President JD Vance

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and Secretary of State Marco Rubio also

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representing America at the games. and

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the surrounding cities are buzzing with

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important preparations, including

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avalanche control. After days of heavy

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snowfall, natural snow can build up in

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unstable layers on a slope, and if left

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alone, it can release suddenly, a

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massive avalanche. The workers seen here

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use smaller explosives to release the

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snow safely under controlled conditions.

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Competition is already underway, though,

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at the winter games with mixed doubles

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curling and women's ice hockey. I'll be

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headed to Italy in a few days to cover

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the games and I am taking you with me.

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So be prepared to get your news perhaps

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with a side of pasta.

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Pop quiz hot shot. Which NFL stadium has

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a natural grass field that rolls outside

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for sunlight? State Farm Stadium,

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Caesar's Superdome, AT&T Stadium, or

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Lucas Oil Stadium?

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If you said State Farm Stadium,

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touchdown. Home turf of the Arizona

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Cardinals. The Bermuda grass sits on a

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giant movable tray weighing about 19

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million pounds. Moving it in or out

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takes about 45 to 70 minutes. Super Bowl

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60 between the Patriots and the Seahawks

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is just 2 days away. And this year's

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matchup features a detail that may not

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be quite so obvious to viewers, but

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it'll be a big deal to a lot of the

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players. This year's matchup will be

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played on live grass, not turf. It's an

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issue that's long divided the league and

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the players, but players they wanting to

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have their health and safety in the

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spotlight. And our Dr. Sanjay Gupta has

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more on why this matters and how the NFL

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plans to literally level the playing

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field. There are 32 NFL teams and 30

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stadiums around the country. Half of

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those stadiums play on grass and half

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play on turf. And this has become one of

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the most provocative issues in sports.

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92% of these players say they prefer

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grass. Yeah. So, as chief medical

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officer of the NFL, what do you do with

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that?

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>> I think we have to understand why is

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that? Number one, it's performance. They

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want to be able to perform. So, I've got

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to be able to execute the movements that

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I need to do to do my job and do it

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well. But secondly, how does my body

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feel after playing on that? One of the

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things we're learning from the testing

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is turf returns energy back to your body

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differently than natural grass does. The

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data is a bit mixed on this topic. Data

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from the 2021 2022 seasons did find

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grass to result in a lower number of

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lower extremity injuries. However, the

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NFL says data from every season since

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then does not show a significant

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difference in injuries on grass versus

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turf. But due to different factors like

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different climates, different stadium

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designs, and even different operational

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needs, alternative surfaces have become

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increasingly necessary. It all started

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back in 1966 where you had the Astrodome

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and then Astro Turf, which at that point

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was basically just like carpet on top of

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concrete. It's changed a lot over the

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last several decades, but there's still

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a lot of concerns about injuries, about

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toxicity, about whether you can ever

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make this turf really behave like grass.

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>> It gives us that bounce back, that

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energy return to the body, so what

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they're feeling when they step

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underfoot. Nick Papus is the NFL's field

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director and his job is to quantify that

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grass feel that players want and then

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try to level the playing field.

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So how to do that? First step is to

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develop a series of standards that all

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fields will need to meet by 2028. And

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part of that testing is for things like

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surface hardness, player impact, and

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overall traction.

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>> We've added two studs like a cleat on

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the bottom. It's about twice the weight,

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falls from the same height, but

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ultimately gives us a representation

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that is much like the athlete. We can

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test all of our stadiums with these

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devices and actually quantify the amount

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of traction available at any given time.

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Rotational traction, so twisting of the

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cleat and translational traction, so a

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sliding of the cleat,

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>> essentially putting a cleat into the

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ground, testing rotation and movement.

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>> And these tests are applied at 60

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individual points all over the field.

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While no two fields will ever be exactly

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the same, the hope is they might at

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least start to feel that way to the

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players.

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>> Do you think that we're going to get to

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that point where you look at 30 NFL

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stadiums and they basically all have a

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uniform surface?

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>> I do. In the last 10 years, we've seen

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helmets change dramatically and that's

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really improved their safety. I think

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you're about to see the same thing

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happen in the surface industry. Each

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Friday in February, we are going to

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celebrate Black History Month by

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highlighting iconic individuals and

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amazing achievements that helped shape

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the fabric of this country. Today, we're

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going to talk about baseball hall of

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famer and civil rights icon Hammer and

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Hank Aaron, who battled racism to become

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one of the greatest to ever play the

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game. Henry Lewis Hank Aaron was born in

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1934, grew up in a deeply segregated

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Alabama, and played briefly in the Negro

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Leagues before making his major league

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debut with the Milwaukee Braves in 1954.

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Hank Aaron played 23 seasons in the

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major leagues, setting many records that

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still stand to this day. Perhaps his

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most famous achievement came in 1974

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when he broke Babe Ruth's home run

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record with his 715th home run. A feat

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that would stand for more than three

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decades. But Aaron's path to the history

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books was far from easy. He and his

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family were the target of death threats,

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racist hate mail, and daily taunts. An

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ugly reality Aaron never shied away

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from.

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>> Jackie Robertson broke in baseball in

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1947,

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and people resented that very much. So,

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and then along came Henry Aaron, a black

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player to break one of the most

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charitable records in all the sports.

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Well, people weren't ready to accept

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that. So, you know, the time was not

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ready. The country was not ready. So,

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you know, I had to accept that.

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>> But Mr. Aaron's legacy extends far

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beyond the field. After retiring from

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the game, he went on to become an

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executive with the Atlanta Braves. In

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1994, he founded the Chasing the Dream

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Foundation to help disadvantaged youth.

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Often cited as his proudest achievement,

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Aaron remained a steadfast civil rights

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advocate until his death in 2021 and

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never stop trying to encourage the next

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generation to break barriers.

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>> The message that I have for youngsters

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that is chasing their dream is that

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never give up in spite of anything. Just

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always remember that, you know, that

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you're going to have roads. You're going

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to have roadblocks, but the most

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important thing is to keep just keep

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striving and keep pulling.

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>> And this week, the Braves are honoring

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the hammer by unveiling a series of Hank

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Aaron diamonds at a public high schools

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all throughout Atlanta as part of an

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investment into baseball and softball

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programs throughout the city that meant

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so much to him.

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Today's story getting a 10 out of 10

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comes from our very own Andy Scholes at

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one of the most popping spots at the

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Super Bowl. What's up, Andy? What's up,

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Coy? We're here at the famous radio row

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where thousands of media members from

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all around the world come to do their

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shows, create content, and interview all

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of the athletes and celebrities that get

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paraded through

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>> old school players from the Himalayas.

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You know what I'm saying?

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>> It's loud. It's crowded. And this year,

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there's one woman who will be making

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history in the Super Bowl on Sunday.

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Meet Brena Rogers, a broadcast engineer

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for the Bump and Stacy Show on Seattle

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Sports 710.

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>> I can see a few little like jitter

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spots, but nothing crazy. I mix their

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mics. I EQ them. I add dynamics. I put

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some compression and limiting on them.

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Brenda controls the volume, balance, and

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clarity of both the commentators and the

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loud crowd to make sure the game sounds

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perfect for listeners. This Sunday,

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Rogers will become the first woman to

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engineer a Super Bowl radio playbyplay

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broadcast. There have been challenges

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along the way, but that didn't stop

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Rogers.

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>> It's a really hard field to get into for

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women, and add on top of that the STEM

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aspect, and it's even harder. And so

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it's like I got my foot in the door and

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now I'm going to hold the door open for

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everyone behind me.

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>> Because at the Super Bowl, history isn't

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just made on the field. Sometimes it's

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made by those behind the scenes helping

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us enjoy the moment. And Coy, before I

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send it back to you, I want to give a

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big shout out to the Hopewell Middle

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School Mustangs in Milton, Georgia. All

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right, superstars, we have two shoutouts

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to kick off this Super Bowl weekend. And

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the first one goes to Coach Garlet at

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Jackson Middle School in Albuquerque,

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New Mexico. Rise up. And look at this.

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It is Marty Gro season and we got a

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piece of the party right here sent to

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our studio. Thank you. Shout out to Mr.

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Spencer at St. Paul's High School in

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Covington, Louisiana for this amazing

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kingake. And we will let you know which

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member of our CNN 10 team finds the

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lucky baby. Play that Friday music.

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Nare. Go out. Spread some kindness this

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weekend. You never know how or when or

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who, but you may be the light someone

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needs. You are more powerful than you

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know. Have an awesome weekend everyone.

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I'm Koi Wire and we are CNN 10.

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