and that would be the only part i regret. the way it s covered. it is what it is. what i said is what i said. i don t say i probably shouldn t have attacked another person. i don t mean to attack him. and that was immature. and i probably shouldn t have done that. i regret doing that. but i just felt like my teammates deserved better. and i you know, i have to apologize to them. and i have. reporter: your brother has said that michael crabtree was rude to you at an event this past summer, a charity event, that he shunned you, he wouldn t talk to you. and that you said at the time, all right, i m going to show him on the field. is that the background of all of this? yeah, that s the short version. reporter: that s the clean version? and we re going to keep it clean. reporter: all right. did it get nastier than that? we re going to keep it clean. reporter: okay. and i told i said, i would keep it on the field. i will show you on the field. and that s always been my
ferguson show. always a delight. and let s start with you, carl lewis. what do you think as an athlete, who has been at the very, very top of your game for a very long time. when you saw richard sherman go off like that, did you empathize? did you understand what he was doing? well, you know, it s really interesting. because people are quick to judge and they don t know the back story. so obviously, there was something between he and crabtree that went back a while. number one. number two, this is a very intelligent, articulate guy who does a lot of things and understands what he s doing. i ve been in that situation where you make a play like that for the super bowl. the super bowl is something you only have one shot at. and understanding the olympics, i get it. so the emotion of that moment i think overtook him. and i think it was emotion. yeah, completely agree. let s move quickly carl, to the very reason we ve got you on tonight. chris christie still engulfed in this bridgegate
rant heard around the world. richard sherman mouthing off to fox sports erin andrews following the seahawks incredible victory sunday to take the nfc title. the game ended with this, a play for the ages that put sherman s team in the super bowl. but the icing on the cake was surely this. sherman blasting the 49ers michael crabtree moments after victory. well, i m the best corner in the game. when you try me with a sorry receiver like crabtree, that s the result you re gonna get! don t you ever talk about me! who was talking about you? crabtree. don t you open your mouth about the best! or i m going to shut it for you real quick! sherman went on to apologize. and i talk exclusively to rachel nichols. rachel, before we get to your interview, which was a great coup for you and cnn, what was your reaction when you were watching it live to what he did? reporter: well, actually, we hear things like that all of the time. so i was a bit surprised at the reaction that mushroomed out
he s currently running for re-election. as we said, a lot of people are making jokes about this. i m not sure that s any laughing matter. no, it s not funny at all. this morning, we re hearing more from richard sherman whose epic post championship rant in which he called out michael crabtree still getting a lot of attention to the runup of super bowl xlviii. telling rachelle nichols he does have a few regrets. mostly i regret, i guess, the storm afterwards. that, you know, the way it was covered. the way was perceived. and the attention it took away from the fantastic performances from my teammates. that being the only part of it i regret, the way it s covered. it is what it is. what i said, i said. you know, i don t say i probably shouldn t have attacked another person. i don t mean to attack him. and that was immature. and i probably shouldn t have done that. i regret doing that.
up to do them all harm after their brother was arrested so they left in fear and didn t talk about it for a while but continued to keep the conversation going. it took decades for them to find people to listen, to start doing research on this. they actually came up with some potential witnesses to bolster their case, including one man who was the cellmate of their brother who said the young man at the time said he did not do this and that he was forced into a confession. david mattingly, 14 years old. thank you very much. appreciate that. in the nfl, a big personality oftentimes brings big business. interest in richard sherman sky high right now two days after the seattle seahawks star cornerback unleashed this epic postgame rant aimed at his opponent michael crabtree. i m the best corner in the game. when you try me with a sorry receiver like crabtree, that is the result you are going to get. don t you ever talk about me. who was talking about you? crabtree. don t you open y