I never had to worry. They never called and said I'll lose my job or anything. They just said do your thing and your job will be waiting when you get back.

The training we got before we left was good. But Iraq's not like New Jersey. The heat was worse than I thought. It was just always very, very hot.

They kept me at my seniority. I'm in the same place as if I had never left.

We know all we can worry about is the first game and go from there. But with some of the teams that we've played, we feel like we should be ready for anything. We're just going to rely on each other and see how far that can get us.

NPR fired me for telling the truth. The truth is that I worry when I am getting on an airplane and see people dressed in garb that identifies them first and foremost as Muslims. This is not a bigoted statement. It is a statement of my feelings, my fears after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 by radical Muslims.

Yesterday NPR fired me for telling the truth. The truth is that I worry when I am getting on an airplane and see people dressed in garb that identifies them first and foremost as Muslims. This is not a bigoted statement. It is a statement of my feelings, my fears after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 by radical Muslims.