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[edit] Impossible proposal

How could Hester propose to his wife on July 23, 2005 at a Heat game, when the NBA post season ends in mid to late June?

Good Eye, It was June 6th, 2005 during Game seven of Miami-Pistons playoff series. I had to dig though my old email address from 2003 to recover my Tribune password just to read the site. -- ShadowJester07  ►Talk  00:09, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hester's record

Since I've made three reverts, I'm now recusing myself from this for at least twenty-four hours. However, I'm glad we've made a compromise with 108.4 and 108 yards. 1ne 04:33, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

I've removed the junk about 108.4 yards. No source was provided, but even so, records are not recorded that way, so it is non-notable, IMHO. If you do re-add this, it MUST be cited with a source. Dr. Cash 05:27, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Excuse me, when did I claim it was 108.4 yards? I was reverting that. 1ne 22:30, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Madden claimed it to be 108.4 yards. However there was no official measurement. All I remember was that he used one of his elaborate on-screen tools. 108.4 is still 108 yards; let's just leave it at that, and be thankful the Windy City Flyer graced us with such a performance. ;-) --ShadowJester07 05:33, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

I hate to quibble about something as trivial as four-tenths of a yard (particularly since the statement has now been removed) but, thinking back to high school chemistry and stuff about accuracy and significant digits, I don't think you can say Hester's return "would be an NFL record". Vasher's return was 108 yards, measured to the nearest yard. Hester's return was 108.4 yards, measured to the nearest tenth of a yard. Unless you can get a measurement on Vasher's return with the same degree of accuracy, you can't compare the two. For all we know, Vasher's return could have actually been longer, but there's no way to tell since it was only measured to the nearest yard. Besides, as far as the NFL is concerned it was 108 yards even, and it will go into the record books as such. Any supposed "records" that are based on that additional four-tenths of a yard will always be unofficial. BACON 06:33, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

"Convoy of blocks" doesn't sound right. He needed only one block. He had a convoy of blockers though. Papushin 15:16, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Somebody ought to mention the bush league high-stepping he used in the last 20 yards of his record-setting touchdown. Maybe weave it in with a Deion Sanders mention. TheActuary 04:39, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Sounds like someone is a Rams fan.  ;-) Lawyer2b 05:02, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I doubt noting his high-stepping would be particularly encyclopedic. And hell, if I was about to break an NFL record, I'd probably high-step, too. -- Kicking222 05:16, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

It seems a little weird to say he tied a record by scoring two touchdowns on two separate kickoffs in the same game. The word "separate" seems unnecessary; you can't score more than one touchdown on a single kickoff, so I'll change it. DBurba 23:02, 12 December 2006 (UTC)