Sun 22 Aug 2010
Mon 11 Aug 2008
HEMPSTEAD, NY – Record crowds didn’t bombard the practice facility to watch Brett Favre undergo his first practice with a new team the last time he was traded for a draft choice. Before the 1992 season, the Atlanta Falcons shipped Favre to Green Bay for a first-round pick; a move that resulted in three MVP awards, two Super Bowl appearances and one championship for the Packers franchise. Favre forged a career that should land him in the Hall of Fame on the first ballot. But 15 years after arriving in Wisconsin, the storybook ending of the Packers legend retiring at the top of his game was nullified when Favre decided to return to the NFL. Deciding to move on, Green Bay finally ended the nearly two-month long soap opera by shipping him to the Jets for, you guessed it, a draft choice.
Sun 10 Aug 2008
HEMPSTEAD, NY – In two months, the world’s attention will focus on Hofstra when the university hosts the third presidential debate. Judging by yesterday’s crowd on the north campus, Barack Obama and John McCain will be hard pressed to earn as much praise as Brett Favre. Nearly 10,500 fans inundated the Hempstead-based school to watch Favre participate in his first practice with the Jets since the blockbuster trade with Green Bay was consummated last week. Shortly before 1:30 p.m., Favre received his first standing ovation for simply walking from Weeb Ewbank Hall to the field wearing a protective red jersey and his famous No. 4. He waved to the fans before commencing his stretching exercises, acknowledging a fan base that experienced a febrile reaction to the trade news by purchasing replica Favre uniforms in record numbers.
Fri 8 Aug 2008
You can’t go home again. That old saying rang true when Brett Favre had the door to Green Bay slammed in his face. The same place where he used to walk on water – and the Frozen Tundra – at first tried to be subtle in telling the grizzled veteran quarterback that they were all better off if he stayed away. But Favre wouldn’t accept that and forced a trade, one that even he called “unique” and surprising. Perhaps the most unlikely of suitors were the Jets, and that’s exactly how this thing played out. When Favre was introduced during a hurried press conference in Cleveland, he, general manager Mike Tannenbaum and team owner Woody Johnson all appeared as if they stayed at the biggest party of the summer too late – exhausted, but glad that they did it.
