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“In a sight fitting the moment”: Chic Scoggins, “Brett Favre’s Arrival,” Minneapolis Star Tribune, August 23, 2009.
346 “He talked about the quality team”: Sean Jensen, “Brett Favre Clears the Air with Speech to Fellow Minnesota Vikings,” St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press, September 8, 2009.
347 He played poorly (1 for 4, four yards) and lasted: Jon Krawczynski, “Favre Welcomed Heartily in Minnesota,” Associated Press, August 22, 2009.
He went on a few hunting trips with teammates: Jim Souhan, “2008 Sportsperson of the Year: Brett Favre,” Minneapolis Star Tribune, December 25, 2009.
348 “You don’t find too many players who still love the game”: Tom Withers, “Favre Has ‘a Blast’ in Debut as Viking,” Detroit Free Press, September 14, 2009.
350 “They were in love with Brett Favre and he dumped”: Mike Vandermause, “Truths About This Ongoing Packers Soap Opera,” Wausau (Wis.) Daily Herald, September 30, 2009.
Perhaps a better representation of the mood came from a restaurant: “ Burning of Favre Memorabilia Nixed,” St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press, October 1, 2009.
Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay’s quarterback, was asked twice: Sean Jensen, “Aaron Rodgers’ Focus Is on Leading Packers, Not on Brett Favre,” St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press, September 30, 2009.
“Never was motivated for that reason”: Chris Jenkins, “Favre Said He’s Not Out for Revenge Against Pack,” Associated Press, October 1, 2009.
“I would want to annihilate Green Bay”: “Yes, Brett, Revenge Can Be Sweet,” St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times, October 5, 2009.
351 “Favre came out on fire”: Tom Powers, “Brett Favre’s Performance a Hit by Any Measure,” St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press, October 5, 2009.
352 “For almost 20 years”: Nancy Armour, “Wisconsin’s Ugliest Divorce Plays Out at Lambeau Field in Favre’s Return,” Waterloo (ON) Chronicle, October 29, 2009.
The local convention and visitor bureau: Tony Walter, “Brett Favre Week Finally At Hand,” Appleton (Wis.) Post-Crescent, October 26, 2009.
On Tuesday, Schmitt temporarily changed: Paul Srubas, “Flip Flop Friday, Other Ideas Will Welcome Favre, Vikings to Green Bay,” Green Bay (Wis.) Press-Gazette, October 28, 2009.
The event included an open casket: Ohm Youngmisuk, “Packers Fans Lay Vikings QB Brett Favre to Rest in Mock Funeral as Legend Returns to Green Bay,” New York Daily News, October 31, 2009.
“If you’re a true Packers fan, you want the Packers to win”: Pat Borzi, “Mixed Feelings as Favre Returns to Lambeau,” New York Times, October 29, 2009.
353 The Vikings stayed at the Paper Valley Inn in Appleton: Sam Farmer, “Favre’s Play Above the Fray,” Chicago Tribune, November 2, 2009.
“I didn’t think it would be a good reception”: Interview with NFL Network, “The Franchise,” December 2015.
“He wanted us in Lambeau”: Greg Jennings, interview with NFL Network, “The Franchise,” December 2015.
354 One-on-one, away from football: Jim Klobuchar, “The Search for the Real Brad Childress,” MinnPost, November 9, 2009.
355 “Brett’s mind goes beyond strict execution”: Sage Rosenfels, “Raw Brutality, and Brett Favre’s Class,” MMQB (blog), Sports Illustrated, www.mmqb.si.com, August 7, 2013.
356 He nearly replaced him with Jackson: Sean Jensen, “Brad Childress, Brett Favre Dispute Has Been Festering for Awhile,” St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press, December 20, 2009.
“If [Childress] just manages and doesn’t meddle”: Sean Jensen, “For Vikings, Trust a Must,” Chicago Sun-Times, January 14, 2010.
357 Never much of a pregame trash talker: Roy Lang III, “Favre Aware of What’s at Stake Sunday,” Shreveport (La.) Times, January 16, 2010.
“If that doesn’t happen”: Ralph Vacchiano, “Favre Does It Again!” New York Daily News, January 17, 2010.
The game was ugly: Jess Myers, “Minnesota Vikings Teammates Wowed by Brett Favre’s Play,” Fort Worth (Tex.) Star-Telegram, January 17, 2010.
26. A Saintly Beating
361 Hargrove later said that after running off the field: Larry Holder, “Remi Ayodele Fires Back at Anthony Hargrove’s Claim Stemming from New Orleans Saints Bounty Scandal,” New Orleans Times-Picayune, March 3, 2013.
362 “The football turned seemingly slick”: Jim Souhan, “Curses! Vikings Fumble Away Another Shot at Super Bowl,” Minneapolis Star Tribune, January 25, 2010.
363 “Favre was pounded like a gavel, twisted like an Auntie Anne’s pretzel”: Gene Wojciechowski, “A Lasting and Painful Memory for Favre,” ESPN.com, January 24, 2010.
One by one, teammates stopped by to pay their respects: Ibid.
365 On August 16 three veteran Vikings: Scott Zucker, “Favre Seems Set to Rejoin Vikings,” Manhattan Beach (Calif.) Reporter, August 17, 2010.
They spent the night at Favre’s house: Brian Murphy, “What Brought Brett Favre Back for a 20th Season? He Missed the Guys,” St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press, August 17, 2010.
“I feel as confident as I did this time last year”: Brett Martel, “Favre Was Pleased to Come Home for his Comeback,” Associated Press, September 9, 2010.
366 “And it happened multiple times”: A. J. Daulerio, “‘Brett Favre Once Sent Me Cock Shots’: Not a Love Story,” Deadspin.com, August 4, 2010.
367 “I’m not getting into that”: “Favre Mum on Racy Allegations,” Chicago Sun-Times, October 8, 2010.
“I can tell you that obviously, I’m a woman of faith”: Kate Magandy, “Deanna Favre: Faith Will Get Me Through This,” Biloxi (Miss.) Sun-Herald, October 21, 2010.
368 “This is an exciting move”: “Pats Deal Randy Moss to Minnesota,” Globe and Mail (Canada), October 5, 2010.
369 Following a 28–18 loss to the Patriots: Shalise Manza Young, “Patriots Sideline Favre, Cuff the Vikings Around to Move to 6-1,” Boston Globe, November 1, 2010.
Favre was recovering from a sprained right: Jon Krawczynski, “Roof Collapse Moves Giants-Vikings Game to Detroit,” Associated Press, December 13, 2010.
370 Eric Sugarman, the Vikings trainer, leaned over the downed: Bishop, “Brett Favre.”
Afterword
372 Initially, he sat around the house and ate: Ibid.
On the opening Sunday of the 2011 NFL season: Ibid.
374 “It’s flattering,” he said. “But you know there’s no way”: Jason M. Breslow, “Brett Favre: ‘God Only Knows The Toll’ from NFL Concussions,” PBS.com, October 26, 2013.
During a 2013 radio interview Favre: “Brett Favre Admits Serious Memory Loss in Interview,” CBSNews.com, October 25, 2013.
375 “The success to date has been awesome”: Steven Davis, “Brett Favre Joins Sqor Board of Directors,” SportTechie, June 19, 2013.
376 A sellout crowd of nearly 53,000 people packed the stadium: Piet Levy, “Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean Pack a Punch at Packers Stadium,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 21, 2015.
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Index
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
A
Abadie, Chuck, 78, 109
action figures, 246
Aikman, Troy, 174, 197, 252
Albom, Mitch, 261
alcohol use, 208–9, 233
in Atlanta, 137–38
car wreck and, 97–100
college years, 58–59, 60–61, 82, 94, 114
drug use and, 185–97
end of, 249–50
in Green Bay, 148, 162, 174, 227–30
by Irvin, 264, 265, 266–67
media on, 182
rehab for, 202–5, 216–18, 247–49
Aldean, Jason, 376
All-American Bowl, 116–18
Allan, Lance, 376–77
Allen, Bruce, 319
Allen, Jared, 343, 365
Allen, Jason, 340
Allen, Paul, 349, 363
alligators, 10, 11
Allison, Rodney, 102, 117
American Football League, 327
American Legion, 16–17
Anderson, Alan, 49–50, 51, 59
Anderson, Andrew, 48–49, 52
Anderson, Leon, 86, 89
Anderson, Ronnie, 235
Andrews, James, 343
Andrews, Mickey, 87
Antoniou, Con
stantinos, 93
Antoniou, Pete, 82–83, 93, 94, 106
Appleton Post-Crescent, 280
Archer, Mike, 116–17
Ard, Billy, 139
Arizona Cardinals, 333–34
Arizona Republic, 283
Armey, Charlie, 111
Arnold, Van, 85–86
Ash, Jeff, 191
Atlanta Falcons, 123, 127–39
culture in, 131–33, 134–35
drafted by, 124–26
Favre traded by, 138, 143–45
Miller and, 172
negotiations with, 127–28
Packers vs., 162–63, 198
scouting by, 95–96, 111–13, 120–21, 122
team photograph, 137–38
Washington Redskins vs., 135–37
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 98, 127, 128, 162, 175
Atwater, Steve, 240
Auburn University, 79–80, 94, 116
autograph forgeries, 246
avascular necrosis, 147
Ayodele, Remi, 361
B
Baker, Chris, 328, 338
Ball, Russ, 317–18
Baltimore Ravens, 294–95
Baraniak, Jim, 272
Barber, Doug, 37, 56, 69, 71
Barkley, Charles, 71
Barkley, Jare, 27, 99, 101
Barnett, Buddy, 215
Barnett, Nick, 350, 358
Barr, Nevil, 373–74
Barrett, Reggie, 80
Barton, Eric, 336
Batty, Gordon “Red,” 303
Baylor, John, 55
Bedard, Greg, 230, 303
Beebe, Don, 209, 212, 221–24, 225, 235–36
Belichick, Bill, 334, 369
Bell, Greg, 152–53
Bellard, Emory, 31
Bellin Hospital, 202
Benigno, Jimmy, 3
Bennett, Chuck, 84–86
Bennett, Edgar, 88, 155, 179, 194
Bercich, Pete, 369