NFL Honors Some of Its Biggest Heroes at the 2008 JB Awards

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Adrian Peterson Almost Broke My Hand
Published 4/5/2008 by Enrico at The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae
... Later in the evening I was at the media portion of the 2008 NFL Player's Gala featuring the JB Awards. I snapped this photo of Adrian Peterson's lovely watch after he almost broke my hand. Read about both events at FanHouse. ...

Kansas City Glamour Shots [Blogdome]
Published 4/6/2008 by Sussman at Deadspin
• Work that camera, Royals. [Babes Love Baseball] • Moises Alou's apology to Steve Bartman. [Food Court Lunch] • Plaster in the boxing gloves? That's probably cheating. [Machochip] • Nice pearls, Asdrubal Cabrera. [The Slanch Report] • Dustin Pedroia will get this commercial thing down soon enough. [Sox & Dawgs] • How does Adrian Peterson feel about the nickname Purple Jesus? [FanHouse] • Chris Douglas-Roberts dunks like Kobe. [Rush The Court] • Point and laugh at Kevin Love! [Stet Sports Blog ...

Adrian Peterson Blinds Us With His Shiny Watch
Published 4/10/2008 by danzinski at The Viking Age | A Blog For Minnesota Vikings Fans
You might have been wondering what Adrian Peterson’s been doing with his off-season. Apparently, he’s mostly been schmoozing. Here we see him at the 2008 NFL Player’s Gala featuring the JB Awards in Washington, D.C.  Enrico Campitelli of FanHouse covered the event . Here’s his account of meeting the NFL Rookie of the Year: Purple Jesus was the first athlete to enter the media room while many of the reporters were still shuffling in. Now, I do spend quite a bit of time in front of a computer working on my typing skills, so my hands may not exactly be NFL tough. But I’m being ...

Vikings Notes: Adrian Peterson Has Bling, Accepts His Nickname
Published 4/12/2008 by Anthony Hall at Vikings War Cry
... *We learned two things about Adrian Peterson at the 2008 JB Awards: He wears amazing watches, and he doesn’t mind his “Purple Jesus” nickname. Click the link and scroll down a tad to see the impressive bling he was sporting at the event…as a warning, I’d recommend that you put on sunglasses before looking at his watch. And when asked about the nickname of “Purple Jesus” given to him by the Vikings faithful, Adrian said this to reporters: “I’m a Christian but if they want to call me that, I’ll let them ...