New York Giants icon Justin Tuck: NFL philanthropy widespread, players want dialogue after protests
Sept. 29 (UPI) -- He remembers when he was a college student in South Bend, Ind. A small town kid from Kellyton, Ala., he was now attending the University of Notre Dame.Tuck's small town schools didn't offer the necessary preparation for collegiate academia. The experience stuck with him.Yes, he would go on to most spend a lucrative career harassing opposing quarterbacks, but one of his biggest achievements was his pursuit and sacking of illiteracy."Just knowing how I grew up. I grew up in a small town in Alabama that wasn't offering AP courses," Tuck told UPI Thursday. "When I got to Notre Dame, I was completely behind the 8 ball as far as the experience from the educational space that some of my teammates or some of my classmates at Notre Dame had experienced.""So it made me aware of som...