Joe Namath’s return to Long Island on Wednesday was not about recalling the good ol’ days of leading the Jets to their Super Bowl III victory. Instead, he spoke at the Head Injury Awareness and Prevention Celebrity Sports Forum at the New York Institute of Technology’s Center for Sports Medicine to increase awareness of protecting school-aged athletes from concussions.
At the event, sponsored by the Head Injury Association, Namath was joined by other luminaries, including fellow former Jets Curtis Martin, Marty Lyons, John Nitti and Rich Caster; former heavyweight contender Gerry Cooney; and Hall of Fame jockey Ramon Dominguez, to name a few.