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Shining a spotlight on celebrities and athletes who love to travel. Created and developed by Stacy Steponate Greenberg.In the history of pro football, there have been many unforgettable nicknames: The Galloping Ghost, Crazy Legs, Broadway Joe and Prime Time, to name just a few. But who would have guessed that the all-time coolest nickname in football would belong to a woman" Well, it does. Meet Amy Trask, The Princess of Darkness. Impressive. Inspiring. Insightful. She began as an intern in the legal department for the LA Raiders and remained with the organization almost thirty years, ultimately being named CEO, making her easily the most powerful woman in America’s most powerful sport. Ask Amy about being the first female team executive in league history and you quickly learn that she often didn?t realize she was the only woman in the room; gender was irrelevant, she was a Raider. Loyalty and toughness were her trademark, and soon the world will come to know so much more as Trask is writing a book, ?You Negotiate Like a Girl?, about her experience in the NFL. Now working as an analyst for CBS Sports and CBS Network, the Overhead Compartment took to the gridiron with Trask to find out about her love of the game and...