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The Green Bay Packers apparently had proof that Brett Favre made phone calls to Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress when they filed tampering charges against the Vikings for “inappropriate dialogue” with the quarterback.

According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a source said Favre continued to use a Packers-issued cellphone after his retirement. When the team checked the phone records, there were “repeated calls to coach Brad Childress and offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell.”

A Vikings spokesman said Tuesday that the club would have no comment about the Journal Sentinel report. The Vikings, if found guilty, could face penalties that include loss of draft picks and/or fines.

Packers had proof of calls

I mean, really!

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You have got to be kidding me.

Report: Brett Favre Has Told Packers He Wants to Play This Year

ESPN’s Chris Mortensen is reporting that Favre has told Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy that he has thought about playing this year. Although Favre’s comeback talk is apparently in its preliminary stages, Mortensen also reports that Favre’s family is encouraging him to play.

Packers cornerback Al Harris appeared with Mortensen on ESPN’s NFL Live this afternoon and said that Favre has told him that he “has the itch” to keep playing.

Favre tearfully announced his retirement this off-season, and almost immediately afterward there were rumors that he’d be back.

What a loser. This is why the Packers were in such a rush to send him his locker and retire his jersey in week 1. Because they know this selfish biatch will hijack the franchise again with no thought of anyone else and hardly anyone will badmouth him because he’s as teflon as John McCain. In fact, they’re already villifying the Packers for moving on too quickly - as if Favre’s retirement has to be properly mourned or something. Bullshit.

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Wow - this came as a shock. She was very much in form last I remember. She’d won the last 3 French Opens - but she did go through a dip a few years ago. Maybe she just needs some time away. At 25, she’s old but not too old.

One of the many things I’ll remember about Justine Henin, who retired unexpectedly from tennis on Wednesday, is how she would talk about her mother taking her to the French Open when she was a young girl, and years after her mother passed away, how she won the event in her honor. It always struck an emotional chord with me when she would look skyward at Roland Garros in memory of her mother.

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And just a day after Annika Sorenstam retired from golf. Who’s going to take the mantle for women’s sports now? Danica Patrick? Maria Sharapova? Marta from Brazil?

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Man, perhaps he could have waited a day or two for the Favre love-in to die down so he could get his proper due rather than being a footnote in the NFL Notebook:

Brett Favre’s retirement naturally overshadowed a bunch of other moves in the NFL on Tuesday, including one of his nemeses leaving the game.

The iconic Green Bay quarterback’s decision to stop playing after 17 seasons, an unprecedented three MVP awards and a slew of passing records sent the official retirement of Warren Sapp to the back burner.

Sapp’s 13-year NFL career officially ended when his retirement was posted on the Oakland Raiders’ Web site. Sapp said immediately after last season that he was through playing, but did not file the paperwork.

The posting on the team’s site was the first official word that the star defensive tackle was done.

In January, Sapp, 35, posted a two-word message on his Web site: “I’M DONE!” He had told teammates and coaches his plans after the season finale against San Diego.

Although a nasty personal disposition and questionable press relation skills, he was still one of the nastiest defenders to come from The U and in the hey day of the Tampa Defensive domination, was one of their big 3, along with John Lynch and Derrick Brooks. The quintessential 3-technique defensive tackle. His Raiders teams left a lot to be desired, but their defenses were nothing to sneeze at. Besides, Oakland is now the NFL’s arm pit, where good careers go to die.

QB Killa, Indeed.

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