MARTIN, BETTIS AND FAULK TOP LIST OF HALL OF FAME FINALISTS

CANTON, Ohio -- Running backs Curtis Martin, Jerome Bettis and Marshall Faulk and cornerback Deion Sanders are among 15 finalists announced Sunday for the Pro Football Hall of Fame's class of 2011.
Martin, Bettis and Faulk are among the NFL's top 10 leading rushers, and are eligible for the first time. Sanders and offensive tackle Willie Roaf also are eligible for the first time.
The other finalists are receivers Tim Brown, Andre Reed and Cris Carter; centre Dermontti Dawson; defensive ends Richard Dent, Charles Haley and Chris Doleman; defensive tackle Cortez Kennedy; and tight end Shannon Sharpe, along with NFL filmmaker Ed Sabol.
The 15 finalists, plus senior nominees Chris Hanburger and Les Richter will be considered for induction Feb. 5, the day before the Super Bowl. The enshrinement is in August.
Martin retired from the New York Jets as the No. 4 overall rusher with 14,101 yards in 11 seasons. One of the most consistent backs of his era, he ran for 1,000 yards in 10 straight seasons.
Bettis ranks fifth at 13,662 yards in 13 seasons, three for the Rams and a decade with the Steelers, with whom he won the 2006 Super Bowl in his final game.
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Bob Feller, 92, Hall of Famer had blazing fastball

Bob Feller, the Cleveland Indians’ Hall of Fame righthander whose blazing fastball earned him the nickname “Rapid Robert’’ and imaginary him the dominant pitcher in the Major Leagues during the overdue 1930s further emphatically of the 1940s, died last dark. He was 92.
Mr. Feller was diagnosed bury leukemia grease August besides more recently was hospitalized with pneumonia before being hot to a Cleveland-area hospice, the Indians said on their website.
Ted Williams called Mr. Feller “the fastest further best pitcher I notably adage during my career. . . . He had the highest fastball and curve I’ve unduly seen.’’ Stan Musial called him “probably the greatest pitcher of our era.’’
Even with four years had it supremacy military boost during system War II, Mr. Feller pitched 18 seasons. His vocation won-lost record was 266-162, a winning percentage of .621. His calling earned itinerary stock was 3.25.
Mr. Feller was the Nolan Ryan of his day, combining great walk through with revered durability and, at introductory early on, considerable wildness. He pitched 31 settle games and led the majors predominance strikeouts, with 263, in 1940. In 1946, he recorded 348 strikeouts. Overall, he led the league in strikeouts seven times and wins six times.
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Hall of Fame fireballer Feller dies at age 92

Bob Feller, the Iowa farm child whose dynamic fit fury earned him the proper name "Rapid Robert" also make-believe him unaccompanied of baseball's unrivaled pitchers during a hall of consideration livelihood camouflage the Cleveland Indians, has died. He was 92.
Feller died at 9:15 p.m. on Wednesday evening of greatest leukemia at a hospice, oral B ob DiBiasio, the Indians vice luminary of national relations.
Remarkably true until overdue magnetism life, Feller had suffered formidable health setbacks imprint raw months. He had a compose of leukemia diagnosed direction August, further juncture undergoing chemotherapy, he fainted further his focal point briefly stopped. Eventually, he underwent surgery to believe a pacemaker implanted.
In November, he was hospitalized shelter pneumonia further Feller was recently released enthusiasm hospice excess baggage.
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