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As sports fans, we never truly know our heroes. Even when we get to meet them off the field, we never truly get a chance to meet the real them. Never has this been so drastically exemplified than in the death of former NFL player and Mississippi legend Steve McNair. One year ago today, on the Fourth of July, McNair was found dead in a condo along with his mistress, Sahel ...

The Detroit Lions made the final pick of the draft, taking Tim Toone, wide receiver out of Weber State. After that pick, every NFL team started looking for undrafted players to sign to their teams. While drafted players have no choice but to play for the team that drafted them, undrafted free agents have more flexibility. The strategy for them should be finding the team that gives them the best chance ...

In the coming weeks NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will have to figure out what punishment to hand down to Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. The NFL seems content not to let Roethlisberger dominate the NFL Draft and over shadow the hard work and dreams of the draft picks. As soon as Mr. Irrelevant, the 255 pick in the 2010 draft is chosen, the eyes of the NFL, fans, and media will ...

NFL free agency is in full swing and nearly a week old. In the first year since 1993 without a salary cap it has been a kind of slow free agency period. With the top eight teams from the 2009 season under free agency restrictions and other teams playing the wait and see game, it has slowed free agency down this offseason. Also with the uncapped year making what could have ...

In Brett FavreÆs second comeback news conference, he stated playing for the Minnesota Vikings was not about revenge. Only Favre himself knows if the statement was true or not. Still, the Vikings 30-23 win in Minnesota in week four made the rematch in Green Bay that much bigger. Minnesota had not swept the Packers since 2005, and Green Bay could show the home fans they made the right choice in Aaron ...

It is widely known that Rush Limbaugh along with St. Louis Blues owner Dave Checketts is part of a group to buy the St. Louis Rams if the team is for sale. This has set off a firestorm of players and the union against this purchase. To be fair to all parties lets break this down from every perspective. First letÆs look at Limbaugh and his radio and political stance. Rush is ...

This is the final installment in this series about the greatest pro football players in Mississippi history. The series has featured every position on the field and everyone has had a Hall of Famer or should be in the Hall of Fame. In the last piece we will see some players that were missed in other posts and we will look at great special team players from Mississippi. The special team ...

After some time off for various reasons letÆs go back to the finish off the ôGreatest Pro Football Players in Mississippi History.ö We have seen offensively that Mississippi has had some of the best players to ever play on that side of the ball. Defensively, we have seen great defensive linemen and linebackers. The last part of the defense we will examine is the secondary. The Magnolia State has produced hall of ...