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The Wait is Over

August 7th, 2010 - 12:14pm by Gabe HiattOther posts by

Floyd Little

Editor’s Note: Broncos’ Vice President of Corporate Communications Jim Saccomano is in Canton, Ohio, this weekend as part of the team’s contingent for Floyd Little’s enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Throughout the weekend, Saccomano will be phoning in some thoughts and observations on Little’s big weekend.

Tonight, Floyd Little will see himself in bronze. He’ll come face-to-face with the bust of a much younger man, a symbol of all the years that went by before his recognition. His son Marc will present him, and nobody would be surprised if Little shed tears during his speech.

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A Hall of Fame Who’s Who

August 6th, 2010 - 2:47pm by Eric DetweilerOther posts by

2010 Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductees

Editor’s Note: Broncos’ Vice President of Corporate Communications Jim Saccomano is in Canton, Ohio, this weekend as part of the team’s contingent for Floyd Little’s enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Throughout the weekend, Saccomano will be phoning in some thoughts and observations on Little’s big weekend.

Saccomano arrived in Canton on Thursday afternoon with just enough time to stop at his hotel to throw on a tie before heading over to the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Trustees Reception.

The Trustees Reception brought together the six new inductees — Russ Grimm, Rickey Jackson, Dick LeBeau, John Randle, Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith, in addition to Little — and their families, along with the families of about 80 living Hall of Famers and select NFL figures.

Saccomano described the scene as a window into an exclusive club, “like a post-Oscars dinner where someone like me is sometimes lucky enough to go.”

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Center of the Fooball Universe

August 5th, 2010 - 10:28am by jim_saccomanoOther posts by

This is the week of the pro football calendar in which Canton, Ohio, returns to its status as the center of all activity for our game.

It’s Hall of Fame week, beginning with a Thursday night dinner and culminating with the Hall of Fame game, always a sellout on national television.

I am personally looking forward to it not just because Floyd Little is getting inducted, but because to anyone that has had season tickets for a long time — and I became a season ticket holder in the early 1960′s, in addition to having worked here since 1978 — Floyd Little truly was “The Franchise,” and that’s not a nickname that ever leaves him.

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Little’s Son to Present

May 11th, 2010 - 12:32pm by Gray CaldwellOther posts by

Floyd Little is one step closer to being immortalized in Canton, Ohio.

On Tuesday, the list of who will present each member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2010 at the enshrinement ceremony was revealed.

Little asked his son Marc to do the honors.

“It gives me extraordinary joy to present my dad to the Pro Football Hall of Fame,” Marc said. “I’m humbled to be the representative who will speak on behalf of our family, many of whom equally deserve to be presenters. Our family will all stand together and witness the crowning achievement of a spectacular career.”

The 2010 Enshrinement Ceremony, televised nationally by ESPN and NFL Network, will be held on Saturday, August 7 at 5 p.m. MDT.

HoF Memories: Dick “Night Train” Lane

February 16th, 2010 - 2:45pm by jim_saccomanoOther posts by

Night Train

With the recent selection of Floyd Little to the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2010, and the considerable discussion about how soon Shannon Sharpe will earn his place as well-next year, in my opinion-the conversations turned my attention to the many players who are already in the Hall.

Just for the fun of it, I thought it might be interesting to run a few blogs about some of the greatest players in pro football history, incorporating some tidbits of information that might not be readily known.

I was driving in to the office the other day listening to some jazz on XM radio and they played a Dinah Washington song. Naturally, anything by Dinah Washington would capture my attention, but as usual, it reminded me of Dick “Night Train” Lane.

No connection, you say?

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Congrats Floyd Little, HALL OF FAME!!!

February 10th, 2010 - 6:26pm by mark_cooperOther posts by

Superbowl was a blast to watch and what a spectacular show. It brought back a lot of memories from SB XXI. They just keep getting better and better. If you haven’t been you need to put it on your bucket list and take a credit card with a high balance, you’ll need it. But no kidding worth, the price of admission.

I also like the fact that Pro-Bowl’s the same week, keeps the dollars flowing and the city full of celebrities for almost two weeks. Fans get to see it all in one place.

Picked the Colts yet New Orleans fulfilled the dream town story. GOOD FOR THEM. Reminds you why you have to play the game. Still think Peyton will be the best before it’s over.

Floyd…CONGRATS to another deserving Denver Bronco making it into the HALL OF FAME. I wasn’t here when Floyd was the 7th overall rusher in the league when he retired. What took so long?? I agree. Class act.

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Keeping Our Fingers Crossed For Floyd

February 2nd, 2010 - 2:48pm by jim_saccomanoOther posts by

Floyd Little

Floyd Little comes up for a big vote by the selectors of the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, and if all is right and just, he should be selected.

There are no guarantees, but beyond the extraordinary hold that he still has on the hearts and minds of Denver Broncos fans, his body of work screams for induction.

The statistics have been gone over and poured over time after time, but there are a couple of other facts to consider in “out of the box” thinking regarding Floyd.

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Lots of Football Over the Next Eight Days

January 30th, 2010 - 11:43pm by jim_saccomanoOther posts by

Pro Bowl

This is one of the most exciting weeks of the year for fans who follow football, which seems to be just about everybody in America.

For the first time since 1959 the National Football League all-star game, The Pro Bowl, will take place before the championship game.

I saw an interesting piece by Pat Kirwin on NFL.com today in which he said, basically, let’s give this Pro Bowl game a chance.

Here, here, Pat. That statement not only is fair but is the only one that could be accurate for the simple reason that no one knows what is going to happen in a live event that is not rehearsed.

It is so popular for the press to trash the game, and along the way they purport to us that this is the view of the entire country, when in fact television ratings (here I go again) for the last decade have steadily had the Pro Bowl as one of the most popular TV sporting events.

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Seven Broncos on H.O.F Preliminary List

September 19th, 2009 - 5:55pm by Kyle SonnemanOther posts by

On Saturday, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the 131 players, coaches and contributors who make up the preliminary list of modern-era nominees for election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2010.

Former Broncos’ Steve Atwater, Terrell Davis, Karl Mecklenburg, Michael Dean Perry, Dan Reeves, Shannon Sharpe and Louis Wright are among the names on the list.

From this preliminary list of modern-era nominees, Hall of Fame selectors will choose 25 candidates who will advance as semifinalist nominees. The list of 25 modern-era semifinalists will be announced on November 27.

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Floyd Little

August 25th, 2009 - 12:31pm by jim_saccomanoOther posts by

You had to be there back in the day to know how much Floyd Little meant to the Denver Broncos.

You had to see him, watch him, hear him to appreciate his play and his leadership.

He had a lot of things going against him at a young age, not a lot of money, family fighting to make it, and AFTER high school he went to a military school, Bordentown Academy, and he became not a man, but a man among men.

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