Bear Pascoe found Super Bowl glory with the Giants. He found his calling at the rodeo

Photograph courtesy of Bear Pascoe

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When Bear Pascoe’s NFL profession started, his retirement plans have been already set. He would commerce a comparatively spacious condominium for a property with extra acreage than the Meadowlands. He would take down 450-pound steers as a substitute of 250-pound linebackers.

The previous Giants tight finish was raised on a ranch within the foothills of central California massive sufficient to carry greater than 9,000 soccer fields. It was roughly an hour from the closest city, 5 miles from the closest neighbor, three miles from the household mailbox.

To be minutes from Manhattan was to be close to little of significance. He was a rancher with out livestock, a cowboy and not using a rodeo, a younger bronc whose passions have been out to pasture.