Tonight at 7:00 p.m. on ESPN2, football legends Cris Carter, Bill Parcells, Jonathan Ogden, Warren Sapp, Larry Allen, Curley Cup and Dave Robinson will become immortal in the sport. The pro football Hall of Fame's enshrinement ceremony kicks off tonight and can be live streamed here.
Cris Carter was a wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings who mentored Randy Moss while piling up incredible numbers of his own. He spent three seasons in Philadelphia, breaking out in his third year with 11 touchdowns before getting sent to the Vikings, where he made his bones as a future Hall of Famer.
Carter had back-to-back 122-catch seasons in a career that saw him make 1,101 grabs for 13,899 and 130 touchdowns.
Meanwhile, former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Oakland Raiders defensive tackle Warren Sapp may be the mouthiest inductee of this year's Hall of Fame class. Sapp's inclusion over New York Giants' sackmaster Michael Strahan was surprising to many-don't count Sapp among them.
Sapp and Strahan have a documented rivalry, and Sapp's statistical case is strong. In 13 seasons Sapp recorded 188 sacks, an abnormally high number for an interior defensive lineman. He also has registered 573 tackles, made four interceptions and forced 19 fumbles.
Bill Parcells, former head coach of the New York Giants, New England Patriots, New York Jets and Dallas Cowboys is also set to be enshrined tonight. He owns a career record of 172-130-1, and won two Super Bowls with the Giants in 1986 and 1990. He reached a third Super Bowl with the Patriots in 1996, but fell short against Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers.
The rest of the class includes two massive offensive lineman, Larry Allen and Jonathan Ogden, an old-time legendary defensive tackle in Curley Culp, and longtime Packers linebacker during the 1940s, Dave Robinson.
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