OJ's Jersey Returns
The Lead
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🗓️ 4 November 2019
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
OJ Simpson's #32 jersey has returned to the football field in Buffalo for the first time in 42 years. It's being worn by a backup running back (and special teams player) named Senorise Perry. The Athletic's Tim Graham broke the story about OJ's number being put back in circulation back in May. We check in with Tim about how the decision has been received, what Senorise Perry hopes to accomplish this year, and how OJ Simpson is remembered by Buffalo Bills fans.
Read Tim's original story about the jersey number going back into circulation:
https://theathletic.com/987357/2019/05/21/for-the-first-time-in-42-years-the-bills-will-let-another-player-wear-o-j-simpsons-former-no-32/?source=theleadpodcast
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| 0:00.0 | Yes, or day after noon, the Buffalo Bills rattled off their sixth win of the season, |
| 0:11.0 | Kavita. |
| 0:12.0 | Yeah, man. |
| 0:13.0 | They're now six and two and in second place in the AFC East behind the Patriots, though |
| 0:17.2 | to be fair, they're in a division with the Jets and the Dolphins. |
| 0:19.6 | True. |
| 0:20.6 | But at the game yesterday and on the previous couple of weekends, something has been |
| 0:24.2 | happening that hasn't happened for 42 years. |
| 0:30.3 | A Buffalo Bills player has been wearing number 32, the same number worn by O.J. Simpson. |
| 0:41.0 | The number was never retired, but it was taken out of circulation until this past summer, |
| 0:45.7 | when a new player came along and was told it was available. |
| 0:49.1 | The Athletics Tim Graham, who has been covering Buffalo Sports for almost 20 years, broke that |
| 0:53.8 | story. |
| 0:54.8 | And so today, we're going to speak with Tim about the guy who's wearing number 32. |
| 0:59.9 | Why in the world he would want to do that? |
| 1:02.2 | And how O.J. Simpson is remembered in Buffalo today. |
| 1:06.0 | You will see hundreds of people wearing number 32 Simpson jerseys in the stands on Sunday |
| 1:11.1 | afternoons for a Bills home game. |
| 1:13.0 | And it's not being done ironically. |
| 1:18.3 | From Wondory and the Athletic, I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 1:20.8 | I'm Kavita Davidson. |
| 1:22.3 | It's Monday, November 4th, and this is The Lead. |
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