Favre to get another ring for collection
It took Brett Favre nearly 17 years, but he won another championship.
Favre, who won Super Bowl XXXI with the Green Bay Packers on Jan. 26. 1997, was part of another title Friday night in his role as offensive coordinator for Oak Grove High School, which won Mississippi’s Class 6A state championship.
“I can’t say it’s the Super Bowl, but it’s pretty close,” Favre told reporters after the game. “It really is. It’s a different kind of feeling, but I’m awfully proud of these kids.”
Favre, who serves in a volunteer capacity with the team, began the game in the press box but came down to the field after halftime with the score 0-0. The move worked as Oak Grove scored on its first possession of the third quarter.
Oak Grove won the game 14-7, with the winning points coming on a fake field-goal attempt.
“That was all the special teams coach,” Favre said. “I don’t call trick plays.”
Of course, Oak Grove’s offense was reliant on its quarterback, with Kirk McCarty completing 23 of 40 passes with 268 yards and 2 touchdowns.
But it was Favre who received much of the attention.
“We were used to the media attention,” Oak Grove Coach Nevil Barr told the Jackson (Miss.) Clarion Ledger. “Brett’s been out there for eight or nine years and it didn’t bother our kids. To us, he’s just a special person.”
No doubling down
John McEnroe won 78 doubles titles during his career, but apparently he’s not a fan.
“Doubles? Why are we even playing it?” said McEnroe to The Times of London. “I look at it now and say, ‘What is this?’ I don’t even recognize what this is.
“I don’t know what doubles is bringing to the table. The doubles are the slow guys who aren’t quick enough to play singles. Would it be better off, no disrespect, but would it be better off if there was no doubles at all and we invest all the money we save elsewhere so that some other guys who never really got into a good position in the sport end up playing more in singles?”
Faked out
When Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett was told he couldn’t get a table at a hot Seattle restaurant, he called the restaurant back and pretended to be Russell Wilson, the team’s quarterback.
The woman who answered the phone took the bait, Bennett told 710 ESPN Radio.
“She was like, ‘Yes! We can make a table for you! You were 22 for 30 the other night, 130 quarterback rating!’ She knew every stat,” he told the station.
When Bennett arrived, and it became apparent he was not Wilson, Bennett and his family still were seated.
Quote of the day
“Some people said they were sure hell would freeze over before we got this facility.” Arkansas Athletic Director Jeff Long at the groundbreaking ceremony for a new basketball practice facility, which was held Saturday in 15-degree temperatures
Sports, Pages 22 on 12/08/2013