Hall of Fame enshrinement Sunday: What you need to know

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Hall of Fame and Festival Events

Today

12:30 p.m.Enshrines Gameday Roundtable at the Canton Memorial Civic Center and Cultural Center.

3 p.m.Special Autograph Session presented by Panini at the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

8 p.m.NFL/Hall of Fame Game at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium.

Monday

6:30 p.m.Drum Corps International Competition at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium.

Hall of Fame Fan Fest on turf

A free fan festival will from Friday-Monday on the turf located in the center of the Hall of Fame"s campus is open to the public. There will be live music, mini football clinics and appearances by Gold Jackets. Local and national bands and DJs will provide music. There will be an AVI food court and beer garden each day. Below is the Fan Fest and live music schedule.

Today 11 a.m.-8 p.m.

Biz Markie3 p.m.-6 p.m.Monday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.Scott Paris4 p.m.-6 p.m.Today"s weather forecastToday is a beautiful day for Hall of Fame events. The high will be 85 degrees. With the exception of an occasional cloud, it will be mostly sunny. There is a small chance of a passing shower.What did you miss?Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium was a sea of green with thousands perhaps 75 percent of the fans watched Brett Favre join the Class of 2016. Longtime observers compared said only the Jerome Bettis Steelers invasion of 2015 rivaled such a complete takeover of the stadium.One of the largest parade crowds lined Cleveland Avenue to watch Saturday"s Canton Repository Grand Parade. The parade took about 2 1/2 hours to complete. Brett Favre, who brought a swarm of fans from Green Bay to Canton, stood up in the convertible he was riding in at one point and threw a pass to a young fan. They said it"This is my new home." Marvin Harrison upon his enshrinement on Saturday night. "This is very special. I have never played anything like this. ... To get into the hall of fame of anything, it"s a very, very rare club and a special group of people." Tim McGraw to a Hall of Fame video crew Friday night before his Concert for Legends.You tweeted it"Tim McGraw sure rivals Brett Favre in his wranglers." from @JBMumsterPage 2 of 2 - "Seeing @TheTimMcGraw at the #PFHOF16 enshrinement concert = epic! I"m dead right now!!" from @JanelleTassartSeen and heard

The Bluecoats alumni corps "Rhythm In Blue" will be at the Gameday Roundtable event at Memorial Civic Center today starting at 11:30. The group will play for those waiting in line at the enshrinee entrance.

Sightings and rumblings

Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Dan Marino and Tony Dorsett were all at a private party for Class of 2016 enshrinee Edward DeBartolo Jr.Brett Favre had his private party at Gervasi Vineyard Saturday afternoon after The Canton Repository Grand Parade.Remember when?"If I was gonna have this machine, I needed a center. I didn"t get any ol" center; I got the best there ever was. ... I loved him from the very first moment I put my hands under his b**t. He was the total package. ... I turned him on to Jimmy Dean"s pork sausage. I taught him how to scramble eggs with whole butter. I showed him what buttermilk tasted like and he drank a gallon of it on game day. ... I said, "Dream, give me somebody I can count on. Give me somebody I can talk to, somebody to help me in a game.""The last time I was here in 1989 (I said) "Just one more time let me put my hands under Mike Webster"s b**t." (Pulls a football from the podium) Just one more time let me take that snap." Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw presenting Mike Webster for enshrinement into the Hall of Fame in 1997.Quick notesThe enshrinement shined on the new stage on the new north side of Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. Among the nice extra touches were images on the big screen that were in sync with the speeches for example, as soon as Marvin Harrison referenced quarterback Peyton Manning, highlights of the two appeared on the screen.There was only one parade scratch and that was the Marine Corp Band out of Parris Island. The group was unable to make it to Canton after mechanical issues with its plane.Seen something, heard something?Contact Repository Special Projects Editor Todd Porter with your odd and curious notes or sightings from Hall of Fame week. Todd can be reached at 330-580-8340, by email at todd.porter@cantonrep.com or on Twitter @toddporterTODD PORTER

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Brett Favre fans bleed green all over Pro Football Hall of Fame weekend

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CANTON, Ohio The Canton Brewing Company is a few miles away from the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It was overrun by noon Saturday.

They came for the beer and for Brett Favre. Brian Sterwald was one of those patrons, wearing a Dri-Fit Packers T-shirt while helping his wife Kate corral their two-year-old son Thomas. The Milwaukee native remembers sitting behind home plate at Milwaukee County Stadium when Favre made a mad dash to the pylon for the winning touchdownin the final minute against the Falcons on Dec. 18, 1994.

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Someday, Brian will have to explain the Favre phenomenon that time the mostdevout fanbase in the NFL met the mostexciting quarterback to ever play the game to his son with the right words.

I guess the best way to go about it would be to say he worked hard, Sterwald said. But he did it for fun.

But as with all relationships,there were complications.

The Sterwalds. (Bill Bender/SN)

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The first step toward understanding the phenomenon is knowing the details. Thats an unmistakable trademark of die-hard Packer fans.

Jeff Braun sat across the restaurant from the Sterwalds with his wife Wanda and son Chris. For identification purposes, Jeff wore the white Favre jersey, Wanda had the pink one and Chris wore the green. They made the drive from Thiensville, Wis., where they met their friends Tim and CindiBrophey, from Bentonville, Ark.

Jeff has the same story as everybody else about Favres memorable debut against the Bengals. Just listen to the way he tells it:

I was at that Cincinnati game when (Packers quarterback Don) Majkowski got hurt, Braun says. I was sitting in the north end zone when (Favre)threw that pass to Kitrick Taylor in the corner of the end zone there for the touchdown, and from then on it was just nuts after that.

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Thats the MO. Every Packers fan knows where they were every time Brett Favre did something Favrian. They make the connections whenever possible. When the Bropheys moved to Arkansas, they were house-hunting on a street that shared the same name as their son David. They looked at the street number.

It simply said 4. Sold.

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The Favre jerseys hoveredaround the Hall of Fame early Saturday morning, hours before the museum opened up.

Rick and Angi Galaszewski made the eight-hour trip from Pewaukee, Wis., with their son Nathan and daughter Abby. Pewaukee is the home town to Texans standout J.J. Watt, too, but Rick idolizes Favre first. His jersey is the lighter-green hue that typified the 90s Packers look. They were in line before the Hall of Fame opened.

Rick tried to explain the breakup the way Green Bay and Favre parted ways, which led to stints with the Jets and Vikings and thats when he exchanged a conversation with his wife.

We were happy that he came back, Rick said before being cut off.

Did he come back? his wife asked.

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Rick mentions the ceremony at last seasons Thanksgiving night game against the Bears when Favres jersey was retired, and that settles the argument.

But thats when Angi kicks up the other part.

Technically, (Aaron) Rodgers is a better quarterback, she said. But was Favre more fun to watch.

Thats something most Packersfans would say right now.

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The Favre-Rodgers dynamic appears to be settled for the most part, even if some fans havent let all of that go.

Jeff Braun did not like it when Packers fans swore off Favre when he left the Jets.

The bandwagon jumpers tick me off a little bit, Braun said. He didnt leave;the Packers let him go.

The Brauns and Bropheys. (Bill Bender/SN)

Braun even attended the Vikings-Cowboys divisional playoff game in the 2009-10 NFC Divisional playoffs in a Packers Favre jersey with his son and two friends.

We were treated as equals, Chris said.

For Braun, theres still that divide between rooting for Favre and rooting for Rodgers. For a 10-year-old like Nathan Galaszewski, thats not a problem. Asked who is better, he simply shrugged his shoulders.

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Sterwald doesnt have that issue either. He said Favre leaving was a non-issue. Thats probably softened by the fact Rodgers led the Packers to a win in Super Bowl XLV in his third year as a starter. Kate turned from helping Thomas with his lunch before saying it best.

Its like striking gold twice, she said.

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If there wasany doubt how Packers fans feel now, take alook at the line by Favres locker inside the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The line stretched to the entranceway, and most of the fans in the Packers Favre jersey strategically covered up theVikings Favre jersey before posing for a picture.

The line outside Favre"s locker. (Bill Bender/SN)

The Canton Brewing Company likely wasnt alone. Favre remains the Packersfan version of Elvis, the savior who took a bottom-feeder classic franchise and turned them into a Super Bowl contender. The eight- to 10-hour drive made it that easy.

Those are details Favre noticed. Favre explained at length all those Lambeau Field memories. He knows the details, too. He also knew the feeling when he ran out of the tunnel wearing a Vikings helmet. Strangely, he said, thats when he found out just how special a place Green Bay was.

Thats why the Canton Brewing Company was overrun with green by noonand why the Pro Football Hall of Fame became a Packers playground on Saturday.

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They came to see Favre, the every-man, the savior and the prodigal son. Every relationship is complicated, but this one ended where it started. Thats why the Galaszewskis made that eight-hour drive. This is one more (last?) chance to see Favre, and a chance to bring all those memories back.

Its a chance of a lifetime, Rick Galaszewski said.

Who could argue with that?

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The Galaszewskis, Sterwalds, Brauns and Bropheys all got their wish in the early evening at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. ESPNs Chris Berman continually egged the crowd on to chant Go Pack Go! before the guest of honor finally arrived.

Thats when the cheers unleashed. This was the perhaps the final time to see Favre in a setting of this magnitude. The gray beard. The gold jacket. Favre thanks his family with a poignant tribute to his father Irvin before running through his coaches and teammates. Favre would get booed every time at the mere mention of Minnesota, but he finally worked to that moment.

The fans, the fans, he said to the largest cheer of the evening.

I tell you Packers fans are pretty special, Favre said. I often wondered what it was like when Mike (Holmgren) and Matt Hasselbeck came back to play when they were with Seattle, and then I found out. It aint easy. It aint easy. But I thank you so much from Atlanta to Minnesota, 20 years.

There was a brief moment of apprehension before Favre erased that doubt once and for all those who came to see the legend their legend one more time.

Make no mistake about it, Favre said before the only one that will ever matter. Ill be remembered as a Packer.

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NFL: Colts, Packers set to kick off preseason with Hall of Fame Game

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CANTON, Ohio Two of the NFLs top quarterbacks, Aaron Rodgers and Andrew Luck, will be on hand for Sundays Hall of Fame game.

The QB who will get the most attention wont take a snap.

That, of course, will be Brett Favre, who was inducted into the pro football shrine on Saturday night. As the featured name in a class of eight, center stage has belonged to the record-setting Favre all weekend.

No one begrudges that. Not the other living inductees: Tony Dungy, Marvin Harrison, Kevin Greene, Orlando Pace and Ed DeBartolo Jr. And certainly not the families of the late Ken Stabler and d**k Stanfel, both of whom were nominated by the seniors committee.

So when Rodgers Green Bay Packers yes, the franchise Favre helped revitalize in the 1990s and Lucks Indianapolis Colts, who won the 2007 Super Bowl with Dungy as coach and Harrison as the leading receiver, face off to open the NFLs preseason, Favre figures to still be in the spotlight.

I mean, the excitement for me is being a part of the environment to watch Brett and Kevin go in, said Rodgers, a two-time MVP, one fewer than Favre won. I dont know if anybodys real, real excited about a fifth preseason game, except for the people making the money on that, but itll be exciting to be there because theres so much history and tradition surrounding Canton and the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Its quite possible neither quarterback will play Sunday, particularly Luck. He missed nine games last season with a variety of injuries, including a lacerated kidney. Coach Chuck Pagano said he would wait until game day on Luck.

I may wake up Sunday morning and decide he may not play, Pagano said.

There are benefits to benching Luck it would ensure keeping him healthy. And there are benefits to letting him get on the field, even briefly.

Yeah, there are certain things in games that are just hard to replicate in practice, Luck said. Whether its the crowd noise, an official spotting the ball a certain way, certain types of weather, going against a different defense, having some type of a game plan. We dont game plan for our defense at training camp.

Bringing the new guys into the fold and seeing what everybodys game-day demeanor/attitude/body language is, I think is important when you are sort of forging your team.

Some other things to watch for as the exhibition season begins:

Whos that?

With so many players on the rosters, rookies, particularly the undrafted kind, and newcomers will seek to get noticed. Its an excellent opportunity for them to impress not only their own coaching staffs, but to get something on video for the other clubs to see.

So if youve never heard of some of the guys blocking or tackling, running or catching, well, there are people throughout the league who barely know them right now, too.

Why them?

After the Hall of Fame class is announced the day before the Super Bowl, the NFL figures out which teams will be the most attractive for the game that accompanies the inductions. This year was easy with Favre, Dungy and Harrison headed into the hall. A year ago, Jerome Bettis and Mick Tingelhoff went in, and the Steelers played the Vikings. In 2014, it was Giants-Bills as Michael Strahan and Andre Reed were inducted.

Fifth game

With most suggestions to cure some ills of the preseason centering on reducing the number of exhibition contests, two lucky teams get to play five of them instead of four.

I think the correct answer for us would be, We love it, wed like to play in it every year, Packers defensive back Micah Hyde said. But, me personally, I cant speak for anybody else in the locker room, five preseason games is tough. Four is tough already, and now we have five.

But maybe its not such a bad thing all around.

It is worth it for us to play an extra game, Colts linebacker Robert Mathis said, to see those guys go into football immortality, so its worth it.

Source: http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/courier/sports/nfl-colts-packers-set-to-kick-off-preseason-with-hall/article_775a582e-b35c-5ece-a279-d430f9b2e600.html

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Mack Horton wins aquatic grudge match with Sun Yang at Olympics

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The Australian had opened up a war of words against his Chinese opponent in the buildup to the Olympic 400 meters freestyle final, saying: "I don"t have time or respect for drug cheats."

Sun served a doping ban in secret in 2014, news of which was only announced in China retrospectively, and Horton ignored his rival when he attempted to make contact during a practice swim.

"It got played up a bit, but he splashed me to say "Hi" and I ignored him," Horton added. "He wasn"t happy about that so he kept splashing me, and I just go in and did my thing."

Sun has not just courted controversy with his drugs ban -- in 2013, he was also detained by police for seven days after being involved in an accident while driving without a license. At last year"s world championships, he was accused of assaulting a female Brazilian swimmer after an argument in the warmup pool.

In Saturday"s evening session race, both Horton and Sun were off the early pace of Britain"s James Guy, a 200m specialist who led the race between 100m and nearly 350m before fading badly.

It paved the wave for the leading pair to come down the final lap stroke for stroke, Horton touching in 3 minutes 41.55 seconds -- just 0.13 seconds clear of his rival.

The pair appeared to continue their ill feeling by ignoring each other while Horton was congratulated by the rest of the field. Italian Gabriele Detti took the bronze.

Asked about their frosty rivalry after winning gold, Horton, who later shook hands with Sun at the medal ceremony, told reporters: "I don"t know if it"s a rivalry between me and him -- just me and athletes who have tested positive I guess."

Of his own race, he added: "In another big final, it"s about touching the wall first and that"s what I did. I had my eye on everyone else in the field." Of the gold, he said: "It hasn"t really sunk in yet but it"s very exciting.

Sun, meanwhile, broke down in tears surrounded by Chinese media after his defeat.

New medley champion

The men"s 400m individual medley was dominated by the United States at recent Olympics. It had previously been the mainstay of world record-holder Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte. This time, 2004 and 2008 champ Phelps had opted not to compete in the U.S. trials while 2012 winner Lochte failed to qualify.

That gave Chase Kalisz the chance to lead the American charge, but he looked well out of contention only to claw himself within a whisker of the lead after the third leg, the breaststroke.

However, Japan"s Kosuke Hagino, who had warned he was "in the best shape of his career" and was fueled on by Olympic pressure, delivered to pulled clear. His time of 4:06.55 was the third fastest of all time behind Phelps and Lochte.

It made amends for him having to miss last year"s world championships after fracturing his elbow when falling off his bike in training.

Kalisz, who fittingly perhaps trains with Phelps and is also under the guidance of coach Bob Bowman, had to make do with silver. Hagino"s compatriot Daiya Seto picked up the bronze.

More records

It was a day of world records in the pool, with both Hungary"s Katinka Hosszu and Adam Peaty of Britain lowering best times.

Hosszu shattered the women"s 400m medley milestone mark of 4:28.3 -- set by China"s Ye Shiwen -- knocking more than two seconds off the time to win gold by almost five seconds over America Maya Dirado, with Spain"s Mireia Belmonte Garcia completing the podium.

Nicknamed "The Iron Lady," Hosszu had considered quitting after a disappointing London 2012, admitting to suffering depression. But the 27-year-old has dominated the medley events ever since and looks like to strike further gold in Rio, with four more individual events.

Hosszu"s gold took Hungary"s tally in Olympic history to 169, the most ever won by a nation never to have hosted the Games.

Peaty broke his own world record in the 100m backstroke heats (57.55) and could have lowered that time still further in the semifinal but eased off at the end. He looks a banker for gold now having beaten the rest of the field by 1.5 seconds.

The night"s final race -- the women"s 4x100m freestyle -- was a one-sided battle between Australia and the United States.

Not even having one of the dominant forces of women"s swimming on the final leg, Katie Ledecky, could claw back the deficit as the Australian quartet of sisters Cate and Bronte Campbell, Emma McKeon and Brittany Elmslie broke the world record to win gold.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/06/sport/horton-yang-swimming-rio-olympics-day-one/

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6 Reasons to Admire First-Time Olympian Maya DiRado

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By Allison Pierce, Swimming World College Intern

The Olympic Trials this past month brought about many first-time Olympians. One of those Olympic rookies is Stanford UniversitysMaya DiRado. DiRados noteworthy swimming career has taken her far, but she is also successful in many other aspects of her life. DiRado is a great role model for swimmers because she can show them how to work hard both in and out of the pool.

Here are six reasons why you should look up to the Olympic rookie

1. She is Team USAs top seed in three events.

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DiRado qualified for her first Olympic Trials when was just 15 years old. Flash-forward eight years later, and she will represent Team USA in the 200 IM, 400 IM, and the 200 backstroke as Americas top seed.

2. She graduated from Stanford with a degree in management science and engineering.

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Not only did DiRado attend one of the top academic schools in the country, she did so dedicating 20 plus hours per week as a Division I athlete. Clearly, DiRado had to utilize effective time management skills in order to be successful in the classroom and the pool.

3. Shes still dropping time.

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Often as swimmers get older it gets more difficult to drop time, but this is not the case for DiRado. In a press conference at the Olympic Trials, DiRado explained that her improvement has been slow and steady.Its always been a little bit better, a little bit better, DiRado said. There have been some years where it hasnt gotten better but its just like steps forward. Im so grateful that Ive been able to keep improving; I know that doesnt happen for everybody.

4. Shes living proof that love can be found in the water.

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Often seen on your local swim team, inter-team dating in everywhere. While not all of these relationships work out, DiRado shows us that the swimmer bond is strong. DiRado married a former Stanford swimmer namedRob Andrews who now works as a software engineer.

5.Shes entering the real world right after the Olympics.

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While swimming is a large part of DiRados life, it is not her whole life. This will be DiRados first and only Olympics because on September 9, she will be joininga consulting firm called McKinsey and Co in Atlanta as a business analyst.

6. Shes a breakfast champion.

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Last but not least, DiRado is even a fast eater. According toNBC Olympics, DiRado can eat two eggs, two pancakes, and two pieces of bacon from a local cafe in a mere two minutes and 45 seconds.

Best of luck to Maya DiRado and the rest of Team USA in Rio!

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LOOK: Emotional Brett Favre has to stop Hall of Fame speech and ask for water

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Not only did Brett Favre give the longest speech in the history of the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday night, but he also gave one of the most emotional ones ever.

During his 33-minute-and-20-second speech, Favre thanked everyone from his wife to his mom to his mother-in-law! As most people know, once you start thanking your mother-in-law, that pretty much means you"re going to thank everyone you"ve ever met.

For Favre, the hardest part of his speech to get through was the two moments where he thanked his family. In one instance, things got so emotional that Favre had to completely stop his speech so he could ask fellow inductee Kevin Greene for a bottle of water.

Brett Favre got pretty choked up on Saturday night. NFL Network screengrab

"Kevin, give me some water. You got some water?" Favre asked.

After a quick drink, the quarterback regained his composure, "Sorry about that," Favre said.

Things got even more emotional for Favre later in his speech when he started talking about his dad. The story that Favre shared with everyone in Canton was a private one that he had never told before.

"This is something I"ve never told anyone, not even Deanna," Favre said. "My dad was my high school football coach. I never had a car growing up, I always rode to and from school with my father in his truck, and so he was always the last to leave the building because he had to turn the lights off, lock up, and then we made our way home."

Favre then recounted what the ride home was like in the days before he played his final high school game.

"It was the last high school football game of my career. .. And what I remember is sitting outside the coach"s office on a Wednesday waiting for my father to come out so we could leave," Favre said. "I overheard my father talking to the three other coaches, and he said, "I can assure you one thing about my son, he will play better, he will redeem myself, I know my son, he has it in him." And I never let him know I heard that. And I thought to myself, that"s a pretty good compliment."

Favre wasn"t sure if he had struggled on the field in the weeks before his dad made the comment, but he took it as a compliment because he knew his dad had faith that he would make himself better.

"I never told anyone [the story], but I never forgot that statement and that comment he made to the other coaches, and I want you to know, Dad, I spent the rest of my career trying to redeem myself," Favre said.

After he finished telling the story, Favre couldn"t control his emotions. The quarterback definitely redeemed himself though. Less than 20 years after his dad made those comments, Favre was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Unfortunately, Favre"s dad wasn"t in attendance on Saturday. Irvin Favre died in 2003 at the age of 58.

You can see Favre share the entire story below.

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