Mother of NFL great Jerry Rice dies
Eddie B. Rice, the mother of former NFL great Jerry Rice, has died.
She was 77.
Hometown hero Jerry Rice returns to Crawford
One day in the late 1970s, at B. L. Moor High School, principal Ezell Wicks was making his rounds in the hallways.
He spotted Jerry Rice playing hookie. Rice thought his hiding place was optimal. It wasn’t. Wicks approached and scared Rice, who bolted. Wicks noticed how fast the sophomore could run and, after lashing Rice eight times, told him to try out for the football team.
Rice returns to Crawford for special ceremony
A NFL Hall of Fame player and Mississippi gridiron legend will be honored this week in Crawford.
Jerry Rice, a Crawford native who played 20 seasons in the NFL will be honored at 12:30 p.m. Thursday in his hometown during a special program called “Hometown Hall Of Famers” at East Oktibbeha County High School.
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Jerry Rice had some poignant things to say the other day. As he was being inducted into pro football’s hall of fame, Rice admitted he has been consumed with fear throughout his football career.