NFL legend Joe Montana didn’t take any trains, planes or cars to play in Canada.
However the four-time Tremendous Bowl champion mentioned beloved comic and Toronto Argonauts co-owner John Sweet tried signing the legendary quarterback within the early Nineties.
“He was making an attempt to get me to go to Canada,” Montana mentioned on The Wealthy Eisen present. “They simply didn’t manage to pay for,” Montana mentioned.
“But when the value was proper —“ Eisen responded.
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“I may need been sporting an Argonaut uniform,” Montana mentioned, including there have been a few conferences.
“So that is actual?” an incredulous Eisen requested. “It wasn’t only a ‘oh by the best way.’”
Montana warming up earlier than the NFC championship recreation on Jan. 16, 1990.AP
“No no no,” Montana mentioned.
“I like that,” Eisen mentioned.
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Montana and Sweet are famously linked to Tremendous Bowl XXII. The 49ers legend identified the “Uncle Buck” star to his teammates whereas within the huddle earlier than finishing the game-winning drive for a 20-16 victory over the Bengals. Montana would hit John Taylor for a landing with 34 seconds remaining.
Two years later, in 1991, the Argonauts had been bought by LA Kings proprietor Bruce McNall with Kings famous person Wayne Gretzky and Sweet turning into minority house owners.
Toronto Argonauts co-owner John Sweet (proper) hoists the Jap Division cup with Argonauts gamers on Nov. 17, 1991.Toronto Star through Getty Photos
The crew surprised the sports activities world by signing Notre Dame star Raghib “Rocket” Ismail, the projected primary decide within the NFL draft, to a four-year, $18.2 million deal. And the Argonauts gained the 1991 Gray Cup with Ismail incomes Gray Cup MVP honors.
Then they set their sights on Joe Cool.
“We’d gained the championship and so forth and I assumed to myself, ‘Perhaps there’s a means of getting an actual famous person participant who’s nearing the tip of his profession,” McNall instructed The Mercury Information in 2016. “Perhaps it will be somebody who needs to strive a special venue and turn out to be the most important gun in Canada’s historical past.”
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Alas, the Argonauts possession couldn’t persuade Montana to depart the NFL. Regardless of the very fact, he’d been battling accidents and Steve Younger for the 49ers’ beginning job.
Montana was traded to the Chiefs earlier than the 1993 season and spent the ultimate two seasons of his illustrious profession in Kansas Metropolis.
Sweet died of a coronary heart assault in 1994 on the age of 43.
Home › AK Fire Info ›Crews on the Montana Creek Fire continue to secure the perimeter and achieve 53% containment on the fire.
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Cooler temps and overcast skies aid crews with mop up efforts.
TALKEETNA, Alaska-Fire crews on the Montana Creek Fire, located 16 miles south of Talkeetna, continue to secure the perimeter with saw work and hose lay, while working deeper and further into the black. Pockets of green islands remain within the fire perimeter and crews work to secure those areas and mop up the duff. The primary fuel source is timber (litter and understory).
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The “set” status that was issued for area residents along the Leroy Davie Road and Montana Creek Road corridors has been lifted.
The fire is located in a critical Protection Area prompting multi-agency resource response. One hundred twenty personnel are assigned to the incident including resources from BIA, BLM, State and USFS.
The Parks Highway remains open. The public traveling on the Parks Highway will continue to be impacted by a contingency of ground resources assisting in fire suppression efforts between mile markers 94-100 as well as the holiday traffic. The public is encouraged to stay attentive and slow down near the fire area as crews continue suppression efforts throughout the day. Stay safe.
‹ BLM Alaska Fire Service Fire Update
Wet weather expected over McDonald Fire today ›
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TOM ROURKE is a dope fiend with one foot already in the grave. He fancies himself a poet; the rest of Butte, Montana, fancies him a “mad little Irish motherfucker”. When he meets Polly Gillespie, newly wed to another man, both feel something shift. They don’t loiter long in Butte. The lovers strike out together for Pocatello, Idaho, from which they plan to ride the rails to San Francisco—and to freedom.
From the very beginning of “The Heart in Winter”, a tragedy seems to be in the offing. This is typical of Kevin Barry, who writes lyrically of melancholic Irishmen. His previous book, “Night Boat to Tangier”, about two aged gangsters, was longlisted for the Booker prize in 2019. In this new novel, as in that one, a sense of foreboding is shot through with dark humour.
The Kettlehouse Amphitheater will be rockin’ with the most perfect co-headlining show on July 9th. This is the kind of rockin’ show, packed with songs you know, that creates the kind of Montana live show memories that last forever.
WHO: Blues Traveler and JJ Grey & Mofro (co-headlining tour)
TICKETS: General Admission standing pit tickets, reserved stadium seating tickets, and general admission lawn tickets are available for this show. (Link and ticket prices are below.)
“Blues Traveler continue to resonate as loudly as ever among audiences nearly four decades since their emergence. It’s why their catalog endures, comprising three gold-selling records, one platinum LP, and the 6x-platinum opus Four highlighted by the GRAMMY® Award-winning “Run Around.” It’s why they can still roll through any town on tour and pack a shed or amphitheater. It’s why they even notched their most recent GRAMMY® nod in 2022.”
$55.00 General Admission Pit (subject to fees) | General admission pit tickets allow access to the standing room only section located directly in front of the stage.
$45.00 – $65.00 Reserved Stadium Seating (subject to fees) | Reserved Stadium Seating tickets allow access to the reserved, stadium style seating section located just behind the main pit of the amphitheater.
$37.00 General Admission Lawn (subject to fees) | General Admission Lawn tickets allow access to the upper standing section of the amphitheater located just above the reserved stadium seating section.
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All concerts are held rain or shine. Be prepared for extremes such as sunshine, heat, wind or rain. All tickets are non-refundable for the Kettlehouse Amphitheater. This is an all ages show (as are most shows at the Kettlehouse.)
BUY TICKETS FOR BLUES TRAVELER AND JJ GREY & MOFRO HERE
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