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All-time greats Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith led a class of seven into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday. Rice and Smith both made it in their first year of eligibility. They will be inducted into the Canton, Ohio, shrine on Aug. 7.
Reported by the Associated Press
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The NFL’s career receiving and rushing leaders were joined in the Hall by John Randle, Russ Grimm, Rickey Jackson, Floyd Little and Dick LeBeau. Little and LeBeau were elected as senior committee nominees. ... The list of candidates failing to make it this year included Cris Carter, Shannon Sharpe and Andre Reed.
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