There's a message for sports fans in former Bears RB Tarik Cohen's heartbreaking letter
Cohen details tragedies and abuse he has endured in recent years, and the NFL community is responding.
Josh PeterTony Dungy took a photo before the Hall of Fame Game in 2018, and on Thursday it gained new significance.
The photo shows his sons Justin and Jason, then in elementary school, standing next to Tarik Cohen, then a running back with the Chicago Bears.
“So nice with the boys and so effervescent,’’ Dungy, the Hall of Fame NFL coach who is now a broadcaster for NBC, recalled of Cohen. “It was just neat talking to him, but obviously (I) didn’t know any of this that was going on."
Now Dungy knows – as does much of the sports world.
On Thursday morning, he read a letter written by Cohen, 26, that was published by The Players’ Tribute on Tuesday and details the tragedies Cohen has endured.
All things Bears: Latest Chicago Bears news, schedule, roster, stats, injury updates and more.