LONDON (AP) 69制片厂制作传媒 They69制片厂制作传媒檒l toil and sweat but hopefully without the blood and tears.
A London game is more than just a typical road trip for NFL teams. It69制片厂制作传媒檚 a chance to learn about local history, too.
In fact, the New England Patriots and Jacksonville Jaguars 69制片厂制作传媒 who 69制片厂制作传媒 don69制片厂制作传媒檛 even need to leave their practice facilities to do so.
The Patriots trained Friday at the exclusive Harrow School, whose most famous alumnus is Winston Churchill. Farther out in the countryside, the Jaguars have been using a practice field that is nearly on top of a maze of World War II air raid shelters.
Harrow consists of 324 acres on a hill overlooking London where spent his high school years before entering politics and leading Britain through World War II as prime minister.
69制片厂制作传媒淚f any of the Pats players take a break from practice, they should walk around and see the school grounds because they69制片厂制作传媒檙e quite grand," said Lee Pollock, a director and senior adviser to the board of the .
A highlight is the Speech Room, where young Churchill recited 1,200 lines from the poem 69制片厂制作传媒淟ays of Ancient Rome69制片厂制作传媒 from memory and won a prize for the feat.
69制片厂制作传媒淎t Harrow, he learned what he called the most noble thing in the world: the construction of a sentence in the English language,69制片厂制作传媒 Pollock said.
Patriots coach Jerod Mayo noted another big character 69制片厂制作传媒 a fictional one 69制片厂制作传媒 from Harrow's more recent history.
69制片厂制作传媒淚69制片厂制作传媒檓 definitely a big history guy and I would also say I just learned that there was a Harry Potter scene shot here as well, which I thought was pretty interesting,69制片厂制作传媒 Mayo said.
Deatrich Wise Jr., a defensive end, said he already knew Churchill was an alum because 69制片厂制作传媒渟omeone said it on the way in.69制片厂制作传媒
Pockets of American politicians have long admired and quoted the cigar-chomping Churchill, and that's spilled over into sports too. San Diego Chargers coach is a big fan. Kansas City Chiefs kicker cited Churchill in a social media post about courage, though he's not the first to to him.
New York Jets owner Woody Johnson had a large Churchill portrait in his office at the U.S. embassy when he was under then-President Donald Trump. Outside of his wartime leadership, .
The Jags are close to history, too. To avoid German bombing in WWII, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway bought the Grove estate in Watford and moved its headquarters there. It was called 69制片厂制作传媒淧roject X.69制片厂制作传媒
Air raid shelters were built and are still intact 69制片厂制作传媒 explorers have posted videos online even though the entrances appear to be at least partially blocked. At one point they were being used as 69制片厂制作传媒渂at roosts,69制片厂制作传媒 according to . The Grove luxury hotel where the Jags now regularly stay .
Several entrances to the shelters are visible in the woods next to the Jags' practice field.
Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence, speaking generally about the team's annual London trip, says he's always up for learning more about the region.
69制片厂制作传媒淚 do enjoy history and learning about things," he said on Wednesday. "I don69制片厂制作传媒檛 know a ton about the area, to be honest. Usually when we69制片厂制作传媒檙e here it69制片厂制作传媒檚 pretty busy and we69制片厂制作传媒檙e kind of focused on the game and trying to win that, but I am intrigued and I think it69制片厂制作传媒檚 cool just everything here at the Grove but also just in London 69制片厂制作传媒 it69制片厂制作传媒檚 so much older than in America.
69制片厂制作传媒淭he history behind it,69制片厂制作传媒 Lawrence continued, "you pick up bits as you go ... it is interesting hearing different things about it.69制片厂制作传媒
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