Pat McAfee turns a missed kick into a $1 million gift for Iowa's children's hospital
After ESPN's College GameDay rolled into Iowa City, analyst Pat McAfee visited the patients, families, and staff at the University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children's Hospital — playing games, losing at tic-tac-toe, and soaking in the kids' spirit. When the week's kicking-contest segment left the hospital with a smaller-than-intended payout, McAfee decided that didn't sit right and announced a full $1 million donation on his show. "Those kids are awesome," he said. Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz called it "an outstanding gesture."
The upbeat factorA funny man, a missed kick, and a million-dollar promise kept — warmth.
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