The Favre Retirement Snafu Mystery [Brett Favre Is Not Dead]

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The Favre Retirement Snafu Mystery [Brett Favre Is Not Dead]
Dave's Football Blog found this 2/29/2008 on deadspin.com [flag]
So, honestly, what in the name of fucking Florio happened today with the Packers.com very brief, yet very public screw-up regarding Brett Favre's retirement? About an hour ago, the Packers PR monkeys fessed up to the whole situation, telling Dennis Dillon at The Sporting News that, "The people who handle our website set up mock pages. It's as simple as that. ... A third party was ... [link]

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Published 2/29/2008 by Dave at Dave's Football Blog
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