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Roger Goodell, James Baker to speak at Bob McNair service

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker will be among the speakers at the service for Texans owner Bob McNair on Friday at NRG Stadium.

Eric Manning, the senior pastor from Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, S.C., will provide the welcome and invocation, the team announced. The service is schedule to begin at 2 p.m. Friday and last an hour.

McNair died Nov. 23 at age 81.

Other tributes will be from Dr. Harris Pastides, the president of the University of South Carolina, and Dr. Dave Peterson, the pastor emeritus of Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church.