Among the many sobering details in Brian Burnsed’s profile of Clinton Portis for Sports Illustrated’s “Where Are They Now?” issue, including an account of the former Redskins running back contemplating the murder of the financial advisers he deemed responsible for losing his life’s savings, the 35-year-old’s reported health problems are especially depressing.
Burnsed reports Portis suffers occasional lapses in memory, struggles to find words and repeats himself during interviews, which has perhaps contributed to his inability to land a regular gig as an NFL analyst for a major TV network. Portis, who has worked as an analyst for ESPN 980 and handled sideline reporting duties for the Redskins Broadcast Network two years ago, also gets lost driving in familiar places.