Complex sentence: Roger Stokoe Goodell (born February 19,1959) is the Commissioner of the National Football League (NFL), having been chosen to succeed the retiring Paul Tagliabue on August 8,2006.
Split into simpler sentences: Roger Stokoe Goodell (born February 19,1959) is the Commissioner of the National Football League (NFL). Goodell was chosen to succeed the retiring Paul Tagliabue on August 8,2006.