Cris Carter, 6 others to Canton
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BILL PARCELLS, Warren Sapp, Cris Carter, Jonathan Ogden and Larry Allen were elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday. The class of 2013 also included a pair of senior selections, Curley Culp and Dave Robinson.
Five players failed to get in on the final vote: Jerome Bettis, Charles Haley, Andre Reed, Michael Strahan and Aeneas Williams.
Earlier Saturday, the selection committee eliminated Tim Brown, Kevin Greene, Will Shields and former owners Edward DeBartolo Jr. and Art Modell.
Parcells reversed the fortunes of four teams - New York Giants, New England, the New York Jets and Dallas - during 19 years as a head coach. He finished with a record of 172-130-1, leading the Giants to a pair of Super Bowl titles.
Sapp got in on his first year of eligibility after playing 13 seasons with Tampa Bay and Oakland.
Carter broke in with the Eagles but made his mark with Minnesota. He played 16 seasons and became only the second player in NFL history to reach 1,000 receptions in a career. He caught at least 70 passes in 10 seasons, and totaled 130 touchdown receptions.
Allen, who spent most of his 14-year career with Dallas, played every position on the offensive line except center. Ogden, also an offensive lineman, spent a dozen seasons with the Baltimore Ravens. Like Sapp, Allen and Ogden were first-year selections.
Culp was a defensive stalwart for Kansas City in the 1960s and '70s. Robinson, from Mount Holly, N.J., was a starting outside linebacker on the great Green Bay teams of the 1960s.
Peterson wins MVP
Minnesota star running back Adrian Peterson, who came back from ACL surgery, was voted the NFL's Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year by the Associated Press.
Peterson received 30 1/2 votes from a nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the NFL. Denver quarterback Peyton Manning, who won the Comeback Player of the Year award, got the other MVP votes.
Bruce Arians became the first interim coach to win the Coach of the Year, after leading Indianapolis to a 9-3 record after Chuck Pagano was diagnosed with leukemia. Arians, a runaway winner with 36 1/2 votes, now is the Arizona Cardinals' head coach.
Other honorees: Houston defensive end J.J. Watt (Defensive Player of the Year), Washington quarterback Robert Griffin III (Offensive Rookie of the Year) and Carolina linebacker Luke Kuechly (Defensive Rookie of the Year).
