Sweetness is Walter Payton, who by the sweetest of coincidences is about to appear in his first Super Bowl 105 miles south of here in the sinful mecca of New Orleans. But his river is the Pearl ...

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Steve Wright, a lineman who was immortalized in a sculpture that became the NFL’s Walter Payton Man of the Year trophy, has died at the age of 82. The 6-foot-6, ...

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Jackson State University honored NFL legend Walter "Sweetness" Payton on May 3 with a Golden Diploma. This posthumous award came during the 50th reunion of the Class of 1975.