'NBC Nightly News' anchor Brian Williams to take hiatus for knee surgery

By Sara Morrison LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - A high school football injury is going to take Brian Williams off the air - temporarily. Williams announced on Thursday that he's having total knee replacement surgery and will be out while he recovers. "I've paid a very high price for what's been confirmed to be the single worst New Jersey High School Catholic League football career in history," he said. "I reached a point recently in the last 12 months where I decided this has to happen," he said. "If this doesn't go perfectly well, which it will, it can't hurt more than it hurts now. ...



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