{"id":7645,"date":"2011-06-16T16:05:07","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T20:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=7645"},"modified":"2011-06-16T16:05:07","modified_gmt":"2011-06-16T20:05:07","slug":"plaxico-to-work-with-anti-violence-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=7645","title":{"rendered":"Plaxico To Work With Anti-Violence Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK \u2014 Head down, eyes focused on the ground, <strong>Plaxico Burress<\/strong> swayed back and forth like a receiver in the huddle waiting for the next play.<\/p>\n<p>He wasn\u2019t on a football field, hasn\u2019t been on one for more than two years. <strong>Burress<\/strong> was listening to an introduction at the NationalUrban League before he spoke his piece. When the time came, <strong>Burress<\/strong> couldn\u2019t have been more positive about rehabilitating his image.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a champion on the field, and my goal is to be a champion in life and off the field,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Burress<\/strong>, released from prison last week after spending nearly two years in jail on a weapon possession charge, will work with the National Urban League and Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old former New York Giant and Pittsburgh Steeler said Monday he will be mentored by <strong>Magic Johnson <\/strong>and <strong>Tony Dungy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019ll volunteer at Urban League youth programs and recruit other pro athletes to the program, and he\u2019ll speak out for gun control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK \u2014 Head down, eyes focused on the ground, Plaxico Burress swayed back and forth like a receiver in the huddle waiting for the next play. He wasn\u2019t on a football field, hasn\u2019t been on one for more than two years. Burress was listening to an introduction at the NationalUrban League before he spoke [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7645\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}