During the final week of January, rumors circulated concerning the retirement of Tom Brady, an icon of the National Football League. Leading the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a Super Bowl victory in the previous season and leading six total championship campaigns in New England before that, Brady’s 22-year-long career is perhaps more storied than those of the league’s many consecrated veterans. However, on February 1, 2022, he officially announced that it would be coming to an end.