WALTER PAYTON RUMORS
Walter Payton's mom dies after illness
Alyne S. Payton, the mother of late NFL Hall of Fame running back Walter Payton, has died in Jackson, Miss. She was 87.
Family members say she died in the hospital Monday after a long illness.
Officials with Westhaven Memorial Funeral Home say services are scheduled for Friday at Black's Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Jackson. Burial will be Saturday in Resthaven Cemetery...
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Philadelphia Eagles ink small school standout Miguel Maysonet
Miguel Maysonet the Puerto Rican legend is on his way to Philly. The New York native is happier than can be tonight after inking a free agent deal with the Eagles.
“It is truly a blessing, I am so excited to be going to the Eagles and continuing what I love to do.” – Miguel Maysonet
Maysonet was the best small school runningback in the nation. The kid ended up in second...
Walter Payton: Poetry in motion
Poetry in motion, what does that mean? Moving that is so fluid and carefree that it is in harmony with everything around it. This sounds a bit crazy when you think of the game of football. Football is a series of violent collisions that are bone jarring and not very harmonious.
When you think of poetry in motion on a football field, for me, one name comes to mind “Sweetness...
Sweetness’ Kid Brittney Payton Becoming Media Star
If you don’t know the name Brittney Payton, you soon will.
The offspring of the greatest Chicago Bears player in history, Walter Payton, is keeping the family name in the spotlight. Brittney Payton WGN-TV and CLTV present Chicago’s Best – a weekly half-hour food and lifestyle program celebrating the best the Windy City has to offer. On Brittney’s Facebook page she writes...
Heinicke wins Walter Payton Award
Old Dominion quarterback Taylor Heinicke has won the Walter Payton Award, given to the top offensive player in the Football Championship Subdivision.
Heinicke, a native of Atlanta, became just the second sophomore in FCS history to win the award, after receiving 72 first-place votes and 531 points Monday.
Stony Brook running back Miguel Maysonet finished second (284) and Wofford...
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December 17, 2012
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How to Dougie: Doug Martin highlights (VIDEO)
Rookie running back Doug Martin has taken the NFL and it’s fans by storm as of late. At the halfway mark of the 2012 season, Martin is getting lots of attention. And with the performances and stats he has recorded, he deserves it. Martin now holds the Bucs’ record for most yards and touchdowns in a single game with 251 yards and four touchdowns against the Oakland Raiders....
Memories Of A Star: Happy 58th Birthday To Bears Great Walter Payton
Bears great Walter Payton would have turned 58 today.
Unfortunately he was lost to see soon 12 years ago at age 46. He lost the battle to bio-duct cancer.
He spent all of his NFL seasons (13) with the Chicago Bears and missed only one game.
He was a star on and off the field. The Bears haven’t had a consistent runner since Payton. Neal Anderson, Thomas Jones and Matt Forte have...
Bud Holmes, Walter Payton’s Says Payton Wasn’t Hooked on Drugs
I wish that everyone would stop making comments on the Jeff Pearlman book about Walter Payton until they actually read the book.
Until then they sound like idiots. I get that they don’t like to hear about Payton in a negative light and the excerpts from the book led to this reaction, but that is what excerpts are suppose to do.
Walter Payton’s agent who was quoted in the book...
New Walter Payton Book Not So Sweet
A new book about Walter Payton about to hit stores next week that has some startling stories about drug use, affairs, and suicidal thoughts, has the sports world buzzing especially here in Chicago.Sports Illustrated’s Jeff Pearlman spent more than two years working on “Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton” and uncovered startling details about the Chicago Bears running...
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October 01, 2011
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