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Paul Daugherty: Let's change the climate. For Tim McGee, Terry Nelson and all of us.

Sports Pulse: Athletes have gone to social media to share their feelings about what happened to George Floyd USA TODAY

Tim McGee and Terry Nelson are twin sons of different mothers, joined by professional success, personal hurts and the collective wisdom earned from being black men in America. Each chose to make Cincinnati his home after the cheering stopped. A week of watching America and its ideals shrink provoked in each slightly different reactions.

"Disgusted and disappointed, but not surprised," said McGee, 55, who spent eight of his nine years in the NFL as a Bengals wide receiver.