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    2023 Year in Review: Scandals and Controversies

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    PUBLISHED December 28, 2023 | 03:46 am
    • This year had its fair share of controversies within the sports world — including Brett Favre's welfare scandal and Dan Snyder's ownership of the Washington Commanders.
    • A.J. Perez joins FOS Today to give some insight on the biggest controversies of the year.
    Brett Favre speaking to members of the media 
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    This year, the sports world was rife with controversy — from Dan Snyder’s troubled era of the Washington Commanders coming to an end, to Brett Favre’s welfare scandal in Mississippi, to P.J. Fleck’s questionable behavior in Minnesota. The person responsible for breaking each of these stories, FOS’ senior reporter A.J. Perez, joins us to break down what it was like reporting on the biggest controversies of 2023.

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