There are about 1,500 active players in the National Football League. According to the organization Gridiron Greats, approximately 15 of them responded with money late in the regular season during a fundraising day for retired players battling medical and financial issues. The retirees took their case to the public Thursday at a news conference in the Super Bowl media center. ...more

January 30, 2009

There is no bigger sports stage than the Super Bowl, so those in the Gridiron Greats organization figure there is no better platform to highlight the needs of those who it says have been forgotten by the league they helped to build. ...more

January 27, 2009

Errict Rhett understood that body shots and jolts are a fact of life for players in the National Football League. During his seven-year career as a running back, including two seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he carried the ball 4,143 times. To hear him tell it now, he loved every minute. ...more

November 12, 2008

Errict Rhett understood that body shots and jolts are a fact of life for players in the National Football League. During his seven-year career as a running back, including two seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he carried the ball 4,143 times. To hear him tell it now, he loved every minute. ...more

November 11, 2008

Around a table at Mike Ditka's restaurant in Chicago, three retired players from the National Football League met for dinner a couple of months ago. ...more

December 30, 2007