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Like other minorities--ethnic or religious--Mormons are proud of those among them who make it big. When Steve Young, a descendant of church leader Brigham Young and a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, was taking snaps on Monday Night Football in the 1990s, his fellow Mormons took to calling Family Home Evening, their weekly togetherness meeting, Family Home Halftime instead...
...police report, is a peek into the life of one of the NFL's most gifted, yet most troubled, players on the field. He is the Dennis Rodman of the sport, a great athlete, a winner with an outrageous personality. Owens began a stellar career with the San Francisco 49ers, standing out as a star on a team that had begun to lose the luster of the Joe Montana Super Bowl years. Owens was known for his outsize behavior, including pulling a felt pen from his sock to sign a football after catching a touchdown pass or reaching...
...Detroit hosted Super Bowl XVI, a memorable game that saw Montana’s 49ers edge out the Bengals, but XL is entirely different—and not just because of the teams. This time, it means a lot more for a city that’s been preparing for the fifth of February for over five years. This time, the Super Bowl is at the heart of the city’s revitalization plan...
...town owns the team in more than name. Coach Mike Holmgren likes to tell the story of one of his first visits to the grocery store after he left the 49ers to take the Green Bay job in 1992. As his cart approached that of a little old lady, she looked at him and said, "Hey, California, go out and kick some butt." Make no mistake: the city on the Fox River and Lake Michigan is not exactly paradise. Just like Bedford Falls, it has its dark side. African-American players, isolated and marked as Packers, once likened the town...
...America loves a good rags-to-riches story, and for the Packers, theirs began anew in 1992. From out of nowhere, or rather the New York Jets, came a new general manager, Ron Wolf. He hired Holmgren, the crackerjack offensive coordinator for the 49ers who can go both ways - tough and tender. That same year Wolf traded a first-round draft choice to the Atlanta Falcons for backup quarterback Brett Favre, who soon replaced incumbent Dan Majkowski. Favre has since replaced Bart Starr in the hearts of many Packer fans as he has driven the team first to respectability, then...