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ESPN is once again pushing its “Brett Favre’s itchy” story out front, grasping at any and all tenuous confirmations that Brett is strongly considering un-retiring.
The top story on ESPN.com for the past six hours has been “Report: Favre sends text message to Packers GM Thompson“, which gives a little credence to Favre’s alleged itchiness that the network reported with all of the subtlety of an elephant fart late last week. The story credits several other outlets with breaking the text- messaging news, citing WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee’s report that Favre sent a text to Packers GM Ted Thompson on Saturday and that Thompson kindly brushed him off until after he finished his vacation.
This isn’t going to end anytime soon, until somebody fesses up in a live press conference. Will Brett Favre actually have to retire again in the span of six months in order to keep these “rumors” from circulating? It appears that’s the only thing that ESPN will take as a definitive “no” at this point.
So, what did the text messages say? Kissing Suzy Kolber has its own speculations ( “JK ABOUT RETIRING,” “U GOT QB 4 GUNSLNGN?”, and “SUX 2B ARRON.” ) which, with the way this story is headed, are probably a lot closer to the truth than you’d think.
Report: Favre Sends Text Message To Thompson [ESPN]
A KSK Exclusive: Brett Favre’s Secret Text Message [KSK]
Brett Favre: The Packers Don’t Want You Back (But ESPN Does!) [Deadspin]
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Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Sports
Confirming an earlier report, Midway has announced plans to return to the line of scrimmage this fall with its everything-but-the-license take on American football in Blitz: The League II for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. While details remain scant, the company notes that the game’s story mode will be penned by ESPN Playmakers writer Peter Egan, while former New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor will also lend his chemically-enhanced likeness to the title as well.
Even so, with Electronic Arts’ seminal Madden franchise slated to take to the field and bankroll retail shelves this August, how exactly Midway plans to sack EA’s tough actin’ fat man still remains unclear.
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Kansas City Chiefs tight end Tony Gonzalez is known for many things in his storied career: Pro Bowl tight end, United Way spokesperson, and football salami enthusiast.
Now, you can add all-world Good Samaritan to that impressive resume, after he saved a Huntington Beach restaurant patron Ken Hunter from choking to death. The AP runs down all the the hot Heimlich action:
“I tried to take a drink of water, but I couldn’t swallow,” Hunter told The AP. “Then I couldn’t breathe. That’s a terrible feeling. I couldn’t breathe. Then I guess I started to panic.”
Gonzalez, sitting with his back to Hunter’s table, looked around when he heard Hunter’s companion yelling.
“She was screaming, `He can’t breathe, he can’t breathe,”’ Gonzalez said by phone from California, where he lives in the offseason. “The whole restaurant was quiet. Nobody was doing anything.”
Then I saw he was turning blue. Everybody in the restaurant was just kind of sitting there wide-eyed.”
The 6-foot-5 Gonzalez, about a foot taller than Hunter, jumped out of his chair and came up behind the stricken man and began to perform the Heimlich maneuver.
“After just a few seconds, the piece of meat popped out.”
After he saved Hunter’s life, Gonzalez finished his dinner and continued the rest of his daily routine, which includes fixing flat tires for old ladies, piano lessons, ice sculpting, reading French poetry, and charming the pants off of Huntington Beach residents with his uncanny ability to seemingly know everything about them.
Tony Gonzalez: Future Hall Of Famer And Life Saver [Arrowhead Pride]
NFL Star Saves Man’s Life [Yahoo Sports]
