Pre-game Atlantic City all-nighter adds to Lawrence Taylor’s legend

Posted Nov 15, 2021
UNC and NFL legend Lawrence Taylor was one of the greatest defensive players in football history, and his off-field partying was nearly as legion. Bart Oates, the Giants’ starting center from 1985 through 1993, joined FanSided’s “Stacking the Box” podcast this week, and reminisced about how L.T. freakishly did not need rest the night before games. (New York Post)

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