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O.J.: Made in America explores why the Juice couldn’t set himself loose

Simpson in 1967. He played running back at USC after getting his start at a community college in his hometown, San Francisco

ORENTHAL JAMES SIMPSON, THE man at the center of ESPN’s five-part documentary O.J.: Made in America, was great at two things in particular: running and wanting. On the football field, Simpson was a genius of evasion. His deftness at avoiding opponents made him the first man ever to rush for 2,000 yards in an NFL season. After his retirement in 1979, he turned to comedy films, Hertz ads and sideline commentary as a way to pursue material

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