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New England's Matthew Slater is one of the best special teams players in NFL history, and he may bring a great career to an end on Sunday.
The 38-year-old Slater hasn't announced his retirement, but he talked this week about how everyone at the Patriots facility recognizes that it might be hist last week as an NFL player.
"I feel very appreciated by the people in the building, just thankful for how everyone has treated me this week, and the thanks they've expressed and things like that," Slater said. "I'm sure it'll be emotional Sunday, for obvious reasons, but my job is to focus on playing football, and I've always tried to do my job. That's not going to change on Sunday."
Slater is the son of Hall of Fame offensive tackle Jackie Slater, and he says both he and his dad had a mindset of football being what they do, but not who they are.
"The thing I hope people remember me by when my time is up is what I did off the football field, how I engage with the community, how I tried to use my platform the right way to connect with people, uplift them, and bring the people around me up. That's always been my approach," Slater said.
Slater said that as he has tried to make a final decision about retirement, he has talked to former teammates including Tom Brady about how to make the right decision for his future. Nothing definitive has been announced, but Slater was talking like a man who expects to put on the helmet for the last time on Sunday.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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