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Huck Finn's Last Ride

For 15 years Brett Favre has been the NFL's answer to Mark Twain's barefoot scamp -- forever young and reckless. But nothing lasts forever, and the chattering heads think it's time for him to retire. Pray that they're wrong

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Despite being Green Bay's best player since Bill Clinton was inaugurated, Favre made his first Lambeau leap only this season, after scoring against Arizona in Week 8.
Despite being Green Bay's best player since Bill Clinton was inaugurated, Favre made his first Lambeau leap only this season, after scoring against Arizona in Week 8.
Walter Iooss Jr.

By Jeff MacGregor

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
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