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Andre Iguodala: But no one takes anything away from (then-Packers quarterback) Brett Favre (who won one Super Bowl and lost another but was never MVP). I just don’t like the way they try to take shots at (Curry). They don’t understand. It’s hard to go to the NBA Finals six times. It’s not normal, and it’s almost as if there’s so much money in sports that people just say outlandish things for the sake of saying outlandish things just to have a conversation about it. And so for me, it’s not even about protecting him. I still think he deserves one. But I don’t know (which one). Pick one. And if I have to be the one that they take, I’m cool with that. But that’s not me saying I don’t deserve it, and that’s not me saying that I don’t think I deserved it.
Brett Favre left the Packers after 16 seasons and 275 consecutive starts at quarterback. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar took his skyhook to Los Angeles after six all-star seasons and an NBA title with the Bucks. Two-time MVP Robin Yount retired after a 20-year Hall of Fame career with the Brewers. They were days most sports fans in Wisconsin hoped would never come. Such is that day today. Veteran sportswriters Bob McGinn and Charles Gardner have decided to leave the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel after long and illustrious careers here.
Porschla pointed out she grew up in Gulfport, Miss., not far from Kiln, the hometown of former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre. The Kidds met through a mutual friend in New York and were married in September 2011. "I was teaching yoga at the time, and he professed his newfound love for yoga and showed up at my class the next day," Porschla said. "I guess the rest is history." Jason remembers it this way. "It was a yoga class that I almost missed," he said. "It was a little advanced for my speed, but it was definitely worth it."
This week marked the first time the entire Indianapolis plant was dedicated to making items of a single player since Brett Favre joined the Minnesota Vikings in 2009. “Normally, when we dedicate our presses to one thing, it’s an event like the Stanley Cup or World Cup,” said Blake Lundberg, who oversees operations at Adidas’ facility off Post Road.
"Dwight is turning into the Brett Favre of the NBA. Dwight's a nice guy, and if he played it right, he wouldn't have accumulated much animosity from his Orlando fan base for leaving a horribly managed team. But after jerking us around all season, he might end up with the same fate as Shaq and be intensely loathed by Orlando. I guess the moral of the whole fiasco is that silence is golden." Posted on Grantland.com HOWARD: "Re-signing was a very tough decision, for one. Looking at athletes in the past, no matter what sport it might be, we can all say what we would do from the outside, but you never know what you would do in that situation until you're in it. I'm a young guy. This was a learning experience. The silent approach would've been the best way. My love for Orlando is what caused me to go back and forth."
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SI.com: What about Dwight Howard? Considering his interest in New Jersey seems to be tied to his visions for his brand, how do you see a guy like that? Falk: In 2012, I find that to be incredible that someone would think that. We live in a digital age, and I think people like Dwight Howard, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, Kevin Durant -- Kevin Durant is incredibly marketable in Oklahoma. He doesn't have to be in New York or L.A. I think he could be the best player in the league in two years, at the most. And if someone said to you, "If you represented him, would you move him to New York?" I'd say, "No, for what? I think he has a certain homespun credibility being in Oklahoma. It's like Brett Favre being in Green Bay." And I think these guys are being told by these agents who aren't very sophisticated in marketing that you have to be in New York or L.A. to be marketable. Maybe they've never heard of the Internet.
Martins said the team would not comment on any specifics about team officials' conversations with Howard, but Martins did say that the team expressed its interest in keeping Howard for years to come. "We've built a championship-caliber organization for him, and we believe that this is his home," Martins said. "He can own this city for the rest of his caeer, like the Brett Favres and the Albert Pujols of the world. They've been with their franchises for the most part other than the end of Favre's career, stayed with their franchises and built championship organizations around them in what would be considered small- to mid-size markets.
When reminded that such an answer leaves the door for speculation open wide open, O'Neal responded, "I say probably not; you finish the sentence how you want to finish it." OK. If O'Neal has the surgery and he's feeling back to his not-so-old self, no one would be surprised if he decided to return to Boston for one last shot at a title. "I don't think he'll be like Brett Favre and go back and forth, over and over again," said one Eastern Conference executive on Friday. "But if he does have some kind of surgery and he's feeling pretty good and maybe most important, the Celtics need another big man, I think the expectation becomes that at the very least, both him and the Celtics would think about trying to make it work."
LeBron James believes the Cleveland Cavaliers can learn a lesson from the Green Bay Packers. The Heat forward was asked before Miami played the Bucks on Monday night if he could relate to Brett Favre's bitter departure from Wisconsin three seasons ago. "Brett (had) great years here in Green Bay, and any time a great competitor like that leaves, no one wants to see that, but they've done a great job of regrouping with Aaron Rodgers and I believe that Cleveland will do the same," James said.
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Hey, remember "The Decision"? Sure you do. That was a barrel full of laughing monkeys, wasn't it? Great times were had by all, except Clevelanders, and no one thought it was a bad idea at all. Certainly not ESPN, which had amazing ratings for the one-hour special and is planning something far more extravagant for the Miami Heat's training camp that begins next week. From USA Today's Michael Hiestand: ESPN will formally announce Wednesday that it's going to training camp with James' Miami Heat, with its coverage likely to outdo anything it did on Brett Favre's annual summer soul-searching. Starting at the team's media day Monday and continuing when its training camp starts Tuesday at Eglin Air Force Base in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., ESPN will erect a set and parachute in analysts Jalen Rose, Josh Elliott and Jon Barry and reporters including Rachel Nichols for continuous surveillance across ESPN platforms. While senior coordinating producer Mark Summer isn't sure ESPN will get practice video, the mission is clear with a team he says has unbelievable story lines. "Obviously, with all the buzz, it's a bigger deal (than) past NBA training camps," he says. "Fans want to hear about the Heat, so we'll want to rampup the coverage."
Shaquille O’Neal said he has no plans to be a 40-year-old plus professional athlete. O’Neal confirmed to the Orlando Sentinel he would retire with the Boston Celtics. The Celtics are the sixth franchise Shaq has competed for during his 18-year NBA career. O’Neal, who is currently the oldest active player, signed a two-year contract with Boston worth an estimated $3 million according to ESPN. “Brett Favre only plays 12 games,” O’Neal joked when asked if he wanted to extend his playing day past his 40s like Favre.
"I can understand where Michael Jordan was coming from coming out of retirement a couple times, I can understand where Brett Favre is right now," Hardaway said. "When you still have something in the tank it's really hard to let it go."
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