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Bossick: Pondering over Favre’s retirement similar to Sanders
http://www.chippewa.com/articles/2008/07/04/sports/doc486e7dc65d136319169301.txt
I feel for you, Packers fans.
For the past two off-seasons, you’ve had your string pulled up and down with Brett Favre playing it like a yo-yo.
You’ve had to play the waiting game with Brett. The speculation for a number of years was that he was going to retire.
The announcements, such as in 2006, came later than most would have hoped. Last year, the wait wasn’t as long and we all know what happened this off-season.
Brett Favre retired, or will he?
All of this retirement talk has me recollecting to the days when I rooted for a Hall of Famer for my favorite NFL team, Barry Sanders of the Detroit Lions.
If you’ll recall, it was nine years ago that Sanders sent a newspaper in Wichita, Kansas, his hometown, a fax stating he was retiring.
chippewa.com
7/4/08
On to Beijing
http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080704/SPORTS02/807040368/1063/sports02
EUGENE, ORE. — Brittney Reese is bound for Beijing.
The former Ole Miss long jumper and reigning NCAA champion from Gulfport soared to victory Thursday night in the U.S. Olympic track and field trials, uncorking a 22-foot, 9 3/4-inch performance in the finals.
The top three in each event advance to next month’s Olympic Games in China that begin Aug. 8.
Reese’s latest effort, a personal best, is tops in the U.S. this year and ranks the recently turned professional second in the world.
Reese overtook 2007 national outdoor champion Grace Upshaw (22-7) on her final jump.
clarion ledger
7/4/08
One Of Largest HD Video Boards To Stand At Scott Field
http://www.wjtv.com/gulfcoastwest/jtv/sports.apx.-content-articles-JTV-2008-07-04-0020.html
By Associated Press
Work has begun at Mississippi State's Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field on one of college football's largest high definition video boards, MSU Director of Athletics Greg Byrne announced Wednesday.
The $6.1 million true HD board, will span the roof of the Leo Seal M-Club Centre in the south end zone at Scott Field, and will be operational by October, 2008. When completed, the new board will measure 152 feet wide by 135 feet, 6 inches tall, with a main HD screen 111 feet wide by 47 feet high. It will be the largest true high definition board in the Southeastern Conference. The board will also contain two vertical HD displays and one horizontal scoreboard display.
The new construction was approved by the Board of Trustees, Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning. Capturion Network Inc., a Laurel, Miss., based outdoor sign and video display company will serve as the project contractor.
wjtv
7/5/08
