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| + | Montana inducted into Hall of Fame<br><br>It was San Francisco 49ers Day at the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday,Julio Jones Jersey, starring, as usual, Joe Montana. Before a crowd decked out in red 49er jerseys, the peerless quarterback led the list of inductees, with three of the five having played for San Francisco. "This is not an ending point," said Montana, clearly moved by the amazing gathering of football talent. "This is the beginning of the rest of my life with a new team,Roddy White Jersey. "Take a look at these guys. What a team it is."<br><br>Joining Montana on Saturday were Ronnie Lott, the great safety on four Super Bowl champion teams, and Dave Wilcox, a linebacker in the '60s and '70s.<br><br>Frank Krauser, president and CEO of the NFL Alumni, presents quarterback great Joe Montana an official gold blazer during the mayor's breakfast. (AP/Julie Vennitti)<br><br>Howie Long, the Raider-turned-actor and television host, and Pittsburgh Steelers president Dan Rooney were also honoured.<br><br>But Montana's star eclipsed that of everyone else on a day when more than 100 of the 136 living Hall of Famers returned for the biggest reunion in the shrine's history.<br><br>Such was the regard with which Montana is held that each of the inductees paid tribute to one of the dominant quarterbacks of the last three decades.<br><br>"I had four or five clean shots at Joe that I didn't take them," Long quipped. "His kids are too cute."<br><br>Said Wilcox, who played a decade before San Francisco began dominating the NFL: "When I tell people I played for the 49ers, they ask me if I played with Joe Montana. I say I played before Joe and before money."<br><br>Lott, like Montana a first-ballot selection, earlier in the day thought he had lost his bearings. Suddenly, it seemed, he was back in the Bay area.<br><br>"It's like a Niners' home game," he said. "I never saw so much red."<br><br>During his speech Montana recalled how he didn't think he'd get the chance to be inducted at the same time because he signed with Kansas City in 1995. He then broke his leg during preseason and retired.<br><br>A player must be retired for five years to be eligible for the Hall. Lott thought that season counted and he wouldn't be up for election until next year.<br><br>"Joe," said Lott, who is the godfather of Montana's youngest son, "I'm so honoured to be here with you today."<br><br>This was the biggest Hall of Fame turnout, an estimated crowd of 18,000. Montana alone requested 352 passes for friends and family, breaking the record of 310 set by Ohio native Don Shula when he was inducted in 1997.<br><br>One woman had it both ways - she wore a red Kansas City jersey with the No. 19 that Montana wore during there in the final two years of his career. She also wore a red 49ers hat.<br><br>The crowd began exiting after Montana's induction, fourth of the five, leaving Rooney's induction to start over the murmur of a milling crowd. The murmur was stilled however, by Rooney's introducer, Joe Greene, one of 10 Hall of Fame members from the Steelers that won four Super Bowls in the 1970s,.<br><br>Montana was introduced by former 49ers owner Edward DeBartolo Jr. He recounted his ups and downs in football, including a short stint as the seventh-string quarterback at Notre Dame. He recalled his travails on poor San Francisco teams his first two seasons after being chosen in the third round of the 1979 draft.<br><br>"I had a very difficult time with it at the beginning," he said of his election to the Hall last January. "I don't think I was looking at it in the proper perspective. I saw the Hall of Fame as an ending point.<br><br>"I felt like, well, I'm only 44 years old. I feel like I'm being in my grave, in my coffin alive and they're throwing dirt on me. And I can feel it and I'm trying to get out."<br><br>But Montana said things changed this weekend, when he was surrounded by players he idolized while growing up. And, Montana noted, he was again treated like a rookie.<br><br>"These past three days, spending time with these gentlemen behind me, I think I really got the true meaning of what this is all about," he said.<br><br>Skier Erik Guay closing in on Canadian royalty<br><br>Canadian skier Erik Guay is only three World Cup podium finishes shy of tying Crazy Canuck legend Steve Podborski, who owns the all-time national record of 20. more class="morestories"><br><br>Reed: David Beckham is soccer's James Bond<br><br>David Beckham is in some respects soccer's equivalent of James Bond,Mark Ingram Jersey. He has the looks,Nike Cam Newton Jersey, the talent, the lifestyle, the career ups and downs and the longevity to have left his mark. Love him or loathe him Beckham has been a force for good in North American soccer, writes Nigel Reed. more class="headline">Friedman: NHL players' next move is crucial<br><br>This is a significant moment in the NHL's labour talks, and what the players do in response to the league's request to put their demands in writing carries huge ramifications, says Elliotte Friedman. more class="headline">100th Grey Cup<br><br>Check out our Scribble Live blog to follow the 100th Grey Cup festivities all week through news, notes, photos, analysis and more from CBC reporters and contributors in Toronto, right through the big game on Sunday night. more class="headline">Players' union heeding NHL's call for new proposal<br><br>The NHL Players' Association expects to take at least one more day before responding to the league's request to see a full proposal in collective bargaining. more class="moreheadlines-link more">More Headlines class="override" id="av1">Read More： | ||
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Eagles defensive end Trent Cole plays every game the same way with a singular ferocity. He also returned an interception of Eli Manning for a touchdown in 2006. (And earlier that same season he kicked offensive tackle Kareem McKenzie in the, uh, lower abdomen while lying flat on his back, drawing a crucial penalty in a game the Eagles lost in overtime. just the nature of the game, the nature of the beast. We want to be the best. We want to play like the best. We see at the end who the best. look at the first play and the last play and you can't tell the difference. I hate pumping (former Eagles defensive end) Hugh (Douglas) up because he's a media guy now, but he has that same motor that Hugh had,Luke Kuechly Jersey. . It's a combination of stamina, love for the game,Cam Newton Jersey, he's always in great shape and he loves to play. href="/nfl" class="inline_link">NFL Films wired Cole for sound during the Eagles victory over Kansas City on Sept. ( shoulda, coulda, woulda, but I didn he said,DeAngelo Williams Jersey.) And still later linebacker Omar Gaither brought down a ballcarrier before Cole had the chance. ( Omar didn hit that dude on that play, Cole said, woulda killed him. />
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Nobody is talking about playoffs in Carolina they have the worst record (2-6) in the NFC at the midway point of the season but Rivera believes Newton has regained some of the swagger that he displayed in 2011 as the AP Offensive Rookie of the Year after engineering three touchdown drives against the Redskins.
"It's all about confidence," Rivera said. "You play this game better when you're confident and when you know things are going to happen for you (instead of) just hoping. It's a mentality."
The Panthers snapped a five-game losing streak by finally closing out an opponent on Sunday, something they've struggled with throughout the first half of the season. Carolina led in the fourth quarter of its previous four games but wound up losing.
Rivera said a win like Sunday can go a long way toward building Newton's confidence back up after a rough start to his sophomore season.
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He thought the Panthers had a chance to bury the Redskins while up by 15 points in the fourth quarter instead of allowing them to cut the lead to eight and make things interesting in the final minutes.
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It was San Francisco 49ers Day at the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday,Julio Jones Jersey, starring, as usual, Joe Montana. Before a crowd decked out in red 49er jerseys, the peerless quarterback led the list of inductees, with three of the five having played for San Francisco. "This is not an ending point," said Montana, clearly moved by the amazing gathering of football talent. "This is the beginning of the rest of my life with a new team,Roddy White Jersey. "Take a look at these guys. What a team it is."
Joining Montana on Saturday were Ronnie Lott, the great safety on four Super Bowl champion teams, and Dave Wilcox, a linebacker in the '60s and '70s.
Frank Krauser, president and CEO of the NFL Alumni, presents quarterback great Joe Montana an official gold blazer during the mayor's breakfast. (AP/Julie Vennitti)
Howie Long, the Raider-turned-actor and television host, and Pittsburgh Steelers president Dan Rooney were also honoured.
But Montana's star eclipsed that of everyone else on a day when more than 100 of the 136 living Hall of Famers returned for the biggest reunion in the shrine's history.
Such was the regard with which Montana is held that each of the inductees paid tribute to one of the dominant quarterbacks of the last three decades.
"I had four or five clean shots at Joe that I didn't take them," Long quipped. "His kids are too cute."
Said Wilcox, who played a decade before San Francisco began dominating the NFL: "When I tell people I played for the 49ers, they ask me if I played with Joe Montana. I say I played before Joe and before money."
Lott, like Montana a first-ballot selection, earlier in the day thought he had lost his bearings. Suddenly, it seemed, he was back in the Bay area.
"It's like a Niners' home game," he said. "I never saw so much red."
During his speech Montana recalled how he didn't think he'd get the chance to be inducted at the same time because he signed with Kansas City in 1995. He then broke his leg during preseason and retired.
A player must be retired for five years to be eligible for the Hall. Lott thought that season counted and he wouldn't be up for election until next year.
"Joe," said Lott, who is the godfather of Montana's youngest son, "I'm so honoured to be here with you today."
This was the biggest Hall of Fame turnout, an estimated crowd of 18,000. Montana alone requested 352 passes for friends and family, breaking the record of 310 set by Ohio native Don Shula when he was inducted in 1997.
One woman had it both ways - she wore a red Kansas City jersey with the No. 19 that Montana wore during there in the final two years of his career. She also wore a red 49ers hat.
The crowd began exiting after Montana's induction, fourth of the five, leaving Rooney's induction to start over the murmur of a milling crowd. The murmur was stilled however, by Rooney's introducer, Joe Greene, one of 10 Hall of Fame members from the Steelers that won four Super Bowls in the 1970s,.
Montana was introduced by former 49ers owner Edward DeBartolo Jr. He recounted his ups and downs in football, including a short stint as the seventh-string quarterback at Notre Dame. He recalled his travails on poor San Francisco teams his first two seasons after being chosen in the third round of the 1979 draft.
"I had a very difficult time with it at the beginning," he said of his election to the Hall last January. "I don't think I was looking at it in the proper perspective. I saw the Hall of Fame as an ending point.
"I felt like, well, I'm only 44 years old. I feel like I'm being in my grave, in my coffin alive and they're throwing dirt on me. And I can feel it and I'm trying to get out."
But Montana said things changed this weekend, when he was surrounded by players he idolized while growing up. And, Montana noted, he was again treated like a rookie.
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