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  Gossip på Jerry Rice
Skillnaden emellan Rices tantrums och Owens tantrums finnas att ris kämpade med teammates och finnas aldrig aldrig disruptive i lockerrummet.
Jerry Rice, den enda playeren i NFL-historia till touchdowns för score 200 och mannen, som omdefinerade brett mottagarepos., är nr.
Jerry Rice är en specialgäst för campen för tonightsSeminoleshowcasen för recruiting prospects för elite.
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 Jerry Rice - Deadspin
We were asked the other day why we mocked people like Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith so much for their last sad grasps at fame and/or fortune once they can no longer succeed on their chosen fields of battle.
Now that Jerry Rice is retired from football, he's not going to spend all of his time simply getting "massages": He's now going to be on reality shows.
We salute Rice on his long career, particularly the work he did while hiding in a brothel's bathroom during a police raid.
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 Jerry Rice Defies Age, Signs With Denver Broncos - Associated Content
You see I’m happy for Rice who says he is ending his career on his terms even though, after a stellar career with the San Francisco 49ers, he’s playing for his third team in five seasons.
Rice is a throwback in every sense of the word from the way he runs his routes to the way he wears his uniform.
Jerry Rice’s accomplishments are etched in stone and they are part of the reason why he is the greatest receiver of all time.
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 Jerry Rice Biography and Summary
When Jerry Rice was in college, the experts said he wasn't fast enough to be a star receiver in the NFL.
Maybe the greatest wide-receiver in NFL (National Football League) history, Jerry Rice has been a part of the San Francisco 49ers' success for his entire career, which began in 1986.
Jerry Lee Rice (born October 13, 1962 in Starkville, Mississippi) is a former football wide receiver in the NFL.
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 Dancing with Jerry Rice - Football
In other words, Jerry Rice is a hero to the best of them.
When we first saw that Rice was on the show, we questioned his sanity.
Jerry is not the highest scoring or the most voted for on the show, but he probably has the fastest feet.
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 Jerry Rice - The Huffington Post
Ball broke Jerry Rice's NCAA Division I-AA career touchdown record by catching 58 at UNH.
Jerry Rice was streaking down the field on a slant pattern.
Former San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jerry Rice, left, former running back Roger Craig, center, and owner Eddie DeBartolo walk off the stage after a memorial service for former 49ers coach Bill Walsh on Friday, Aug. 10, 2007, in San Francisco.
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  Jerry Rice Oakland Raiders Jerry Rice
Rice was selected to the Pro Bowl 13 times (1986-1996, 1998, 2002) in his 20 NFL seasons.
Rice took the NFL by storm in his rookie season for the 49ers in 1985, recording 49 catches for 927 yards, an 18.9 yards per catch average.
Rice made it back to the Super Bowl with the 49ers in the 1994 season, recording a career high 112 receptions for 1,499 yards and 13 touchdowns.
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  Jerry Rice - Definition, explanation
Jerry Rice (born October 13, 1962 in Starkville, Mississippi) is an American football player in the NFL.
Rice was drafted by the 49ers in the first round of the 1985 NFL draft (16th overall).
Rice has scored the most touchdowns in NFL history, and holds virtually every significant career record for receivers, including receptions, yards receiving, yards from scrimmage, all-purpose yards, touchdown receptions and consecutive games with at least one catch (which ended at 274 on September 19, 2004 in a game against the Bills).
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 ABC.com: Dancing with the Stars
Jerry Rice was born in Crawford, Mississippi, the sixth of eight children.
Jerry chose Mississippi Valley State and also made a promise to himself that one day he would become a pro and finally be able to buy his parents a brand new home.
Jerry Rice's sixteen seasons with the 49ers, teamed with Joe Montana, produced a football player who is today recognized as the greatest wide receiver to play in the NFL.
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 Jerry Rice- Biography
Jerry Lee Rice is the name they gave to their child that would later become a legend.
Rice and a group of other guys went to warm-ups in short sleeves to show that they would not be psyched out by the weather.
Rice was voted to play in the Pro Bowl for 13th time in his career and the first time as an Oakland Raider.
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 Jerry Rice at AllExperts
Rice was selected to the Pro Bowl 13 times (1986-1996, 1998, 2002) in his 20 NFL seasons.
Jerry Rice grew up in the tiny "country" town of Crawford, Mississippi, the son of a brick mason.
Rice caught 11 passes for 215 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 5 yards, assisting the 49ers to a narrow 20-16 win over the Cincinnati Bengals.
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 Jerry Rice @ Brooks International Speakers Bureau
Rice adjusted to Steve Young and Steve Bono as his quarterbacks without skipping a beat in the 1991 season, but the Niners failed to make the playoffs despite a 10-6 record.
Rice's 28 yard TD with 9 seconds remaining in the first half was the turning point of a 38-28 Niner victory.
And despite the fact that Rice returned to the Pro Bowl and became the oldest player ever to record more than 1,000 receiving yards in a season (he actually had 1,157), the local papers proclaimed Rice was not the player he once was.
www.brooksinternational.com /jerry_rice.htm   (888 words)

  
 cbs5.com - Jerry Rice Signs Contract To Retire As A 49er   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Rice, who scored more touchdowns than anyone in league history, shed no tears during a short signing ceremony on the fields at the training complex opened in 1988 by the 49ers, his team for the first 16 of his 20 seasons.
Rice's final NFL contract was for $1,985,806.49 -- a sum suggested by his agent, Jim Steiner, to reflect Rice's first year in the league (1985), uniform number (80), the current year ('06) and a 49 for obvious reasons.
Rice would entertain offers of a role in personnel or coaching with the 49ers -- and though he would have preferred to play forever, he insists his fans have seen the last of him in stadiums.
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 Once more with feeling / Jerry Rice to get a proper send-off from the 49ers   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Now in retirement, at long last Rice will need those hands again on Sunday when he waves to fans at Candlestick during a halftime ceremony in which his career with the 49ers will be celebrated, with his family and former teammates and coaches by his side.
Rice has a vested interest in the health of his old coach, the man who got over on the rest of the league in 1985 when he moved up in the first round of the draft to pluck what he saw as a big-time player from a small-time school in Mississippi.
Rice will be eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2009, five years after he caught the last of his 1,549 receptions.
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 Jerry Rice Photos - Jerry Rice News - Jerry Rice Information
Jerry Rice is best-known for his career as a pro-football player.
Jerry Rice: (On his career) To me it was never about what I accomplished on the football field...
Jerry Rice: (referring to his retirement) When you begin to lose the fire a little bit and if you're not giving 100 percent out there, then it's time for you to leave because you'll end up getting hurt...
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 ESPN Classic - 49ers era was Rice era   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Rice's competition was suspect, the thinking went, as was his college coaching.
Rice was born Oct. 13, 1962, in Starkville, Miss., one of eight children, and grew up outside the little rural town of Crawford, about 40 miles away.
Rice caught 112 passes for 1,845 yards as a senior and scored 28 touchdowns.
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 The Seattle Times: Sports: Jerry Rice announces retirement
Shanahan confirmed what Rice already knew - that he would be a fourth or fifth receiver, at best this season - and Rice confirmed what many figured - that he would rather call it quits than be a bit player with the Broncos.
Rice signed with Denver over the summer, reuniting with Shanahan, who was his offensive coordinator in the 1990s in San Francisco.
For Rice, the idea was to play for a coach who was familiar with him and for a team that could help him go out a winner.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/sports/2002474156_webrice05.html?syndication=rss   (528 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Jerry Rice announces retirement from football   (Site not responding. Last check: )
It was no way for Jerry Rice to end his career, so he called it quits after 20 sensational seasons.
Shanahan said Rice insisted the right-handed assistant who threw practice passes to the receivers be replaced with a lefty when the 49ers switched from the right-handed Montana to the left-handed Young.
Rice believes his route running was "still pretty good," although he concedes he's not as explosive as he used to be.
www.usatoday.com /sports/football/nfl/2005-09-05-rice-retirement_x.htm?POE=SPOISVA   (1260 words)

  
 A A World . Reference Room . Articles . Jerry Rice | PBS   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Rice was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the first round of the 1985 NFL draft.
Standing 6 feet 2 inches (1.9 m), Rice was larger than the typical NFL wideout, and he used his size and strength to overmatch defenders; he was also an exceptional runner.
Rice played on three Super Bowl Championship teams with the 49ers (1988, 1989, and 1994).
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 Jerry Rice Trivia - Jerry Rice Facts - Jerry Rice Notes
Ironically, Jerry's younger cousin, Jamie, is on her middle school's dance team and goes to dance competitions with a studio in her hometown of Knoxville, TN.
Jerry was drafted 16th overall in the 1985 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers.
Jerry Rice: (referring to his style) What you saw out there on the football field was an individual who loved the game.
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 Seattle Seahawks - Press Releases : Seahawks Acquire NFL's All-Time Leading Receiver: Jerry Rice
The NFL’s all-time leading receiver, Rice is in his 20th NFL season having spent the last three-plus seasons with the Raiders (2001-2004) after playing his first 16 years with the San Francisco 49ers (1985-2000).
Rice teams up with Seahawks Head Coach Mike Holmgren for the second time in his career after Holmgren served as the 49ers quarterbacks coach from 1986-88 and then offensive coordinator from 1989-91.
Rice was named MVP of Super Bowl XXIII after setting a Super Bowl record with 215 yards on 11 receptions versus Cincinnati.
www.seahawks.com /News/PressReleases.aspx?id=11178   (272 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Seahawks: Jerry Rice released
KIRKLAND — Jerry Rice was released by the Seattle Seahawks today, perhaps signaling an end to the career of greatest receiver in NFL history.
Rice is the career leader in receptions with 1,549; total yards with 22,895; and receiving touchdowns with 197, all far ahead of the closest pursuer.
Rice indicated after the Seahawks were eliminated by St. Louis in the playoffs last month that he still was interested in playing.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/seahawks/2002190124_webrice25.html   (331 words)

  
 DenverBroncos.com — Official Web Site of the Denver Broncos
Broncos TV brings you a report on Jerry Rice's retirement announcement, as we caught up with his wife, Nick Ferguson, Rod Smith and Rice himself for comments on the farewell to one of the brightest stars in NFL history.
Shanahan told Rice that he would not be one of the top three receivers and that he couldn't guarantee that he would dress out for every game, citing the presence of three kickers and a long snapper as part of the team's game-day plans.
Rice's wife, Jackie, said he called her Saturday while she was watching their son Jerry's football game to tell her the news.
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 KOMO-TV - Seattle, Washington - News Archive - Seahawks Release Jerry Rice   (Site not responding. Last check: )
KIRKLAND - Jerry Rice was released by the Seattle Seahawks on Friday, perhaps signaling an end to the career of the greatest receiver in NFL history.
Rice is the career leader in receptions with 1,549; total yards with 22,895; and receiving touchdowns with 197, all far ahead of the closest pursuer.
Rice indicated after the Seahawks were eliminated by St. Louis in the playoffs last month that he still was interested in playing.
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 deseretnews.com | Jerry Rice enshrined into college Hall
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Jerry Rice was happy Saturday to be at the College Football Hall of Fame, where he is recognized for his footwork on the football field rather than the dance floor.
Jerry Rice smiles as he's introduced before a flag football game during the College Hall of Fame Enshrinement festivities Saturday.
Rice, generally regarded as the greatest receiver of all time, retired from the NFL with 38 records and three Super Bowl titles.
www.deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,645192803,00.html   (544 words)

  
 Seattle Seahawks - News
Jerry Rice has worn #80 throughout his NFL career, and in an extraordinary move he will continue to do so with the Seahawks.
Rice spoke with Steve Largent seeking permission to wear Largent's retired #80, and Largent gave his immediate approval.
Rice is in his 20th NFL season, and while he may be 42 in age, he says he doesn't feel a day over 28.
www.seahawks.com /ardisplay.aspx?ID=4692   (525 words)

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