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Curtis Martin reflects on mother's pain, lack of passion for football at
Hall of Fame
Yahoo! Sports
CANTON, Ohio – Curtis Martin never wanted to play football, never thought
he'd live to age 21 and never imagined being inducted the Pro Football Hall
of Fame. But Martin, in pouring out his heart about how the game played a
part in his salvation, may have ...
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Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2012 inducted in Canton
Plain Dealer
Jack Butler, Cortez Kennedy, Willie Roaf, Chris Doleman, Dermontti Dawson,
Curtis The Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2012 poses with their busts
following an induction ceremony at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Saturday,
Aug. 4, 2012, in Canton, Ohio.
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Linemen lead, Martin brings tears to Hall of Fame
Fox News
CANTON, Ohio – The linemen led the way as they always do, accepting their
inductions into the Pro Football Hall of Fame with an abundance of
humility. Curtis Martin finished the evening by supplying plenty of tears.
The last of the six players to have their ...
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Martin recalls tough life, shares why he got into football
USA TODAY
CANTON, Ohio (AP) – The linemen led the way as they always do, accepting
their inductions into the Pro Football Hall of Fame with an abundance of
humility. Curtis Martin finished the evening by supplying plenty of tears.
Curtis Martin speaks at the 2012 Pro ...
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Football, No not that Football
Albany Times Union (blog)
Football, No not that Football. August 5, 2012 at 7:18 am by Peter Rowell.
Peter Rowell, a UAlbany graduate from Scotia, is in London for the 2012
Games. When I purchased my ticket to the men's quarterfinal soccer match in
Wales, my hopes were not very ...
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Soccer: Ironic end to Britain's football flirtation
Yahoo! Sports
LONDON (Reuters) - An otherwise golden day for Britain at the Olympic Games
ended in an all too familiar disappointment for soccer fans when the men's
team were knocked out after losing a penalty shootout in the quarter-finals
on Saturday. Britain's men ...
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Enshrinees take their place in NFL Hall of Fame
Chicago Tribune
CANTON, Ohio -- On a steamy summer evening in the birthplace of the
National Football League, the ranks of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
swelled to 273 Saturday night with the enshrinement of running back Curtis
Martin, tackle Willie Roaf, center Dermontti ...
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Young NFL Players Most Likely to Emulate 2012 Pro Football Hall of Fame
Class
Bleacher Report
On Saturday night at Fawcett Stadium in Canton, Ohio, the Pro Football Hall
of Fame inducted its newest class, the Class of 2012. The class consists of
six players who were determined by Hall of Fame voters to be the most
worthy candidates: Jack Butler, ...
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Paterno family letter
ESPN
ESPN The Magazine: On death's door. ESPN The Magazine's Don Van Natta
brings you inside the secret negotiations that brought Penn State football
to the brink of extinction. Story. The Paterno family has requested the
Infractions Appeals Committee take ...
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Curtis Martin enters Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton with emotional ...
New York Daily News
CANTON, Ohio – Curtis Martin brought himself to tears during a moving and
powerful speech at his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on
Saturday night, a mesmerizing 27-minute account of his father abusing his
mother and his own brushes with ...
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