Extra: How The NFL Became A 'Monster' ... And America's Favorite Sport.

The Fox News Rundown

FOX News Podcasts

Daily News, News, Politics

3.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The NFL season has kicked off, and the reigning champions, the Kansas City Chiefs, are off to a great start as they began their run as a Super Bowl three-peat with a dramatic victory this Thursday night. Sportswriter and bestselling author Ian O’Connor joined host FOX News Rundown host Dave Anthony before the NFL’s season opener to discuss the growing popularity of football. The Chiefs' dynasty and the other storylines expected to dominate the discussion this 2024 season. O’Connor also discussed his new book, "Out Of The Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers," which examines the New York Jets quarterback’s career and complicated public image. We often must cut interviews short during the week, but we thought you might like to hear the full interview. This week on the FOX News Rundown Extra, we will share our entire interview with Ian O’Conner and get more of his take on the NFL, Aaron Rodgers, and who he thinks will meet in the Super Bowl at the end of the season. Photo Credit: AP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Fox News rundown Extra.
0:04.0	I'm Dave Anthony.
0:09.0	Today, what's pretty much replaced baseball as our national pastime.
0:15.0	NFL football. The new season kicked off Thursday night
0:20.0	with the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs picking up right where they left off
0:24.8	Winning the opener 2720 over the Baltimore Ravens in a game that came down to the last second
0:30.8	Now before that we talked about the chiefs and the NFL season with
0:35.9	best-selling author Ian O'Connor for our rundown podcast that went out on
0:39.8	Thursday. We also talked a lot about one of this year's biggest storylines.
0:46.8	Star quarterback Aaron Rogers and his return from an Achilles injury that ended his first
0:52.3	season with New York Jets four plays into his first
0:56.2	game last year.
0:58.2	Now, you know, Connor has a new book out, titled Out of the Darkness, the Mystery of Aaron Rogers, and we discussed
1:06.9	it and the NFL so much that we had to cut the interview down to fit into the podcast
1:11.9	the other day. Well, we've put it all back in for you to hear now, and as you know, we do two of these extras every weekend, entire interviews with guests from the rundown.
1:22.9	Yet another reason to follow us and come back for more every day.
1:28.0	And as always, we thank you for listening.
1:31.7	And now, Ian O'Connor, on the Fox News rundown is Ian O'Connor. He is a New York
1:45.0	time's best-selling author of several books, the latest one just out, out of
1:50.1	the darkness, the mystery of Aaron Rogers and here we are
1:55.0	Thursday night football kicks off a new
1:58.0	NFL season the shield is back
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