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02-04-2007, 09:13 AM
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The Lizard King
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Path to hall finally opens for Browns' Hickerson
Six-time Pro Bowler chosen after waiting for 29 years
By Patrick McManamon
Beacon Journal sportswriter
Gene Hickerson finally has his deserved spot in Canton.
The Browns guard was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, joining fellow seniors nominee Charlie Sanders and four other modern-era players.
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02-04-2007, 09:17 AM
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Call comes loud and clear for Thomas
Associated Press
MIAMI - Thurman Thomas hardly needed to wait for a phone call. His mother - screaming as she ran down a hotel hallway - was more than enough to bring him the good news.
"She was yelling, 'We're in, we're in,'" said Thomas, who was watching college basketball on TV at the time. "At that moment, I knew I had made it."
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02-04-2007, 09:43 AM
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Hickerson a foundation block of Browns
Sunday, February 4, 2007
By Steve Doerschuk repository sports writer
It's tricky to say what about former Cleveland Browns blocker Gene Hickerson made him worthy of his Saturday election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Maybe this helps:
Hickerson started every game the Browns played, including 11 in the postseason, during the last 11 years of a career spanning 1958-73, all with Cleveland. In those 11 seasons, the Browns were 102-48-4
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02-04-2007, 09:46 AM
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Bucks Fan Extraordinaire
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Originally Posted by Bucklion
Dios F-ing Mio, quite a discussion of guys not in the class of 2007  |
Yeah we did take it for quite a left turn. Feel free to delete the whole thing. I enjoyed the debate though.
Anyway, good class this year. Not sure where I stand with Irvin though. He was a great receiver, no doubt. The drug thing kind of makes me think that he could have been made to wait a little longer to get in. Just sends a bad message I think.
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02-02-2008, 06:19 PM
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Lowering thee handicap!!
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02-02-2008, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Thump
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Yeah, but him over Carter is a JOKE!!!
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02-02-2008, 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by TGfan06
Yeah, but him over Carter is a JOKE!!!
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A - 2 wrongs don't make a right
B - Eight years was too long a wait for Monk.
C - Carter will get in - no doubts.
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02-02-2008, 07:08 PM
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You probably don't think I'm a very nice guy...
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