heather: welcome back, time now for the good, the bad and the ugly, first the good, two-time cancer survivor meets the man who saved his life during marathon at disney world, crossed finish lines, barns who happened to be a navy vet, and the bad, a dad reveals the gender of his baby with a real bang, watch this. wife is expecting a baby girl, finally the ugly, pregame ritual of table smashing but ends up being an epic fail.
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prize winning historian jon meacham wait. jen, help us out here. we get barnicle and it s legendary. whenever we say meacham s name, everyone shouts out french and indian war. french and indian war. it was the first global conflict. how about just boring. pulitzer prize winning historian jon meacham. political writer for the new york times, niclas confessore. will patterson also joining us. in make up in the back. pregame ritual. did i judge? a lot going on yesterday. wow. hard to know where to begin.
pass or wearing a favorite be jersey, football fans are some of the most superstitious. according to a recent survey by the public religion institute, more than half of football fans believe supernatural forces control the game and often they lead for heavenly intervention. it is a high number to say that, you know, more than half, 55% of football fans in the country see the supernatural at play in the outcome of sporting events and one way or another. so either seeing believing that their team has been cursed in some way, praying for god to help their team win or just seeing the divine at work. reporter: you know, the survey finds that 33% pray for god to help the team, 31% say some teams are just cursed, and 25% of fans perform some kind of pregame ritual. one fan, for example, told us he puts on histity underwear on top of his pants, then puts on
history. from the andes mountains in peru, scott fujita signed a one-day contract then announced that his football career is done. not sure the best decisions are made 10,000 feet above sea level overlooking machu picchu, but, then again, maybe those are the best decisions in life. fujita played 11 seasons in the nfl. including four in new orleans where he helped the saints win a super bowl. unfortunately, fujita may be best remembered for his role in the saints bountygate program. another reason to be envious of a professional athlete, shane battier won with the heat last year. he s a key reason they could repeat this year. he has a pregame ritual to indulge in a beer prior to each game. naturally the beer company donated a truck load of beer to a man who has already earned more than $50 million during his playing career.