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Sitting here at my Media Work Room desk inside the Pro Football Hall of Fame — post Enshrinement — I’m really in awe as I think about the whole event I’ve just been privileged to be so close to. It really is an honor to be involved with the greatest players in the history of professional football, a game I have enjoyed almost my entire life. In the room next to me are the busts of the members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Hall closed it’s doors to fans at 5 p.m. …read more

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I arrived at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio about half an hour ago. The weather is typically beautiful (78 degrees and mostly sunny today). After parking and getting through security and all that stuff, I took the long way around Fawcett Stadium where this evening’s Enshrinement Ceremony will take place. Almost all of the seats were empty with about three hours to go before things get started. I’m headquartered here in the Media Work Room inside the Hall. There were two lines, each of about 50 fans deep to …read more

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Former Washington Redskins wide receiver Art Monk waited a long time to become a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. For the past seven years, the honor was within his grasp as a finalist, but the door would always close. I agreed with the many who felt Art should have been inducted with a class long before 2008. He was an early prototype for today’s bigger, stronger receivers, never hesitating to run patterns across the middle of the field. And he was a master of yards after …read more

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It’s preseason with a tinge of the playoffs. That will be one of the highlights of a 13-game national television preseason schedule that was announced today by the NFL, along with the complete list of 2008 preseason matchups. All 12 of the 2007 NFL playoff teams will be featured in the national TV games.
It all starts in Canton, OH — site of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. On Sunday night, August 3 on NBC (8:00 PM ET), the Indianapolis Colts will take on the Washington Redskins in the annual Pro Football Hall …read more

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Defensive end Fred Dean, cornerback Darrell Green, wide receiver Art Monk, cornerback Emmitt Thomas, linebacker Andre Tippett, and tackle Gary Zimmerman make up the Class of 2008 Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinees. The final group of six was announced yesterday. I could go into great detail about how deserving these new members are. And I could go on and on about the great people who didn’t make it this year (especially Cris Carter and Paul Tagliabue). But I’m going to leave that up to you. The Pro Football Hall of Fame has …read more

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Two first-year eligible players, wide receiver Cris Carter and cornerback Darrell Green, are among the 17 finalists who will be considered for election into the Pro Football Hall of Fame when the Hall’s Board of Selectors meets in Phoenix, AZ during Super Bowl XLII week on Saturday, February 2.
Joining the two first-year eligible players are 12 other modern-era players, one contributor and two players nominated earlier by the Hall of Fame’s Senior Committee. The contributor finalist is former National Football League Commissioner Paul Tagliabue. The Senior Committee nominees, announced in August 2007, …read more

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Wide receiver Cris Carter and cornerback Darrell Green are the only first-year eligible players to make the list of 26 semi-finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2008. The Hall of Fame’s Board of Selectors chose the 26 semi-finalists from the recently announced list of 124 preliminary nominees today. The list includes one more than the required 25 nominees since there was a tie for the twenty-fifth position. Hall of Fame selection by-laws provide for the inclusion of all ties for the twenty-fifth position on the ballot.
Nominees included on the …read more