2010年11月14日星期日

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The Miami Dolphins on Sunday will Hollister Clothing name the press box at Sun Life Stadium the ``Edwin Pope Press Box'' in honor of the longtime Miami Herald sports columnist.The ceremony will take place at noon -- an hour or so before the Dolphins play the Tennessee Titans.Pope, who has worked in the Miami Herald for 54 years, was present and wrote stories in the inaugural games from the Dolphins, Heat, Marlins and Panthers -- the only real journalist who are able to make that claim. Pope, 82, is also among only nike air max 360 four writers who've covered every Super Bowl -- and none of his appearances ever were honorary. He was a fixture in the Super nike dunks women Bowl media center throughout the week before Super  Bowl XLIV last January at Sun Life Stadium.Pope, an associate of four halls of fame -- including the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame -- also takes seriously his role as a Pro Football Hall of Fame selector.``Edwin may be an iconic estimate the South Florida landscape through the information on the Dolphins and it has covered they from christian louboutin Shoes the very inception,'' Dolphins chief executive officer Mike Dee said. ``Whether it had been Don Shula prowling the sidelines or Jake Long knocking down defenders, Edwin has been there to chronicle and opine about the team's history every step of the way.''The team announced that the permanent plaque, to become unveiled Sunday, is going to be displayed within the new press box at Sun Life Stadium upon the conclusion of the renovations which are currently happening. The Miami Dolphins began in 1966 being an expansion team using the AFL, because of then commissioner Joe Foss. Joe Robbie, who had been an attorney, founded the team in '66 and helped have them off the floor. And discover out a reputation for soccer jerseys his new team, Robbie chose to turn to the fans.Before they started their first season, they held a contest to generate their team name. During the course of the contest, there have been 19,843 entries submitted with a thousand different names. From those names, they selected twelve finalists to determine the team name of their new football franchise. A panel of seven members voted about the names and selected the Dolphins over names such as the Mustangs, Moons, Sharks, and Suns. As it ended up, there have been 622 entrants who submitted the name Dolphins. A tie breaker visited a Mrs. Robert Swanson who won the tie breaker as she correctly predicted the hardy hoodies score of a Notre Dame vs. Miami game in 1965. The ultimate score was a scoreless zero to zero tie. For her unmatched sports knowledge, Swanson won lifetime passes to Dolphin games. 

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