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Article: ZIMMERMAN'S RETURN HAS NICE RING TO IT.(Sports)(Column)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- September 10, 1997
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Byline: Bob Kravitz Rocky Mountain News Sports Columnist
This is about getting a ring. Not money, because Gary Zimmerman, who rejected a one-year, $4.2 million offer from the Raiders, has more than enough to keep himself in bait and buckshot. Not fame, because Zimmerman, one of the best left tackles to play the game, has a chance to someday find his bust in Canton, Ohio.
The ring.
One of those giant, gaudy gold and diamond-encrusted jobs that are big enough to fit a family of four and a house pet. ``He's not coming back for the money,'' Mike Shanahan said of Zimmerman. And, for once in the greed-mongering world of sports, you could believe ...