Washington — President Trump pardoned five former professional football players Thursday - one posthumously - for various crimes ranging from perjury to drug trafficking. The pardons were announced by White House pardon czar Alice Marie Johnson. Ex-NFL players Joe Klecko, Nate Newton, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry and the late Billy Cannon were granted the clemency. "As football reminds us, excellence is built on grit, grace, and the courage to rise again. So is our nation," Johnson wrote on the