Saving Alexandria: For Jalen Richard, NFL Stardom Is a Means to the Ultimate End

NAPA, Calif. —This is not the slogan Roger Goodell wants your son to hear and, no, NFL Network will not be airing such blasphemy any time soon. But these words are a painful truth, and no rule change, no nonsensical filibustering from the commish can change it. Jalen Richard has lived it. Football, the Raiders running back proclaims, "is a legal fight." "You can go out there," Richard says, "and basically whup somebody's ass and not go to jail for it. It's a legal-ass fight." Then the 23-year-...