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What started off as "First name, Last name, school" has become so much more. A look into the NFL’s history of player introductions.

The 1984 NFL season, which began at a time when the league was facing declining ratings, the lingering effects of the 1982 NFL strike, and the upstart United States Football League, among others.

They said it couldn’t be done. Four games, all on the road, with the World Championship of Professional Football on the line. No one believed that the Steelers, who squeaked into the playoffs with an 11-5 record, stood a chance. Little did they know that the Men of Steel were about to prove all the doubters wrong – and make NFL history in the process. The sixth-seeded Steelers defeated three top-seeded teams on the road before defeating the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl to capture their fifth Lombardi Trophy. It was the post-season that sent Bill Cowher and Jerome Bettis out as champions, the post-season that marked the return of the Steelers to the top of the NFL rankings and now you can relive all of the thrills and chills of this remarkable every time you turn on your TV.

Narrated by award-winning actress Uma Thurman, The Way Up chronicles what it means to play for a cause for Super Bowl champion and Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Chris Long, whose legacy of service stretched from villages in Tanzania to communities across the U.S.​ The Waterboys and Chris Long Foundation work to provide clean, accessible drinking water to communities in need. As a part of that effort, the "Conquering Kili" program unites combat veterans and NFL alumni toward the common goal of conquering Africa's highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, while raising funding for wells that transform communities through the gift of clean water.