Starting last month, Sports Illustrated started a series on “History of the NFL in 95 Objects” to celebrate the 95th anniversary of the founding of the National Football League.<\/p>\n
One of the “objects” SI selected is the Cedar Falls Hy-Vee store <\/a>Kurt Warner worked at before the St. Louis Rams took a chance on him and he became a Super Bowl-winning quarterback (and sparkly Disney Channel series guest star<\/a>).<\/p>\n It’s a great gesture, and it’s good to see something of Iowa represented in this, but there’s one little tweak: That’s not quite<\/em> Kurt Warner’s Hy-Vee. That building was right next door. The chain redeveloped and moved into the old Wal-Mart space<\/a> connected to College Square Mall in 2006.<\/p>\n It’s the thought that counts, though, and while the physical building might be different the story of a grocery stocker who rose to such heights is still something to share. I just wanted to set the record straight.<\/p>\n (Related note: Warner’s Rams won the Super Bowl six years after moving from LA<\/a> and 14 years before the present. \u00a0That’s your, and my, “feeling old” stat for today.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Starting last month, Sports Illustrated started a series on “History of the NFL in 95 Objects” to celebrate the 95th anniversary of the founding of the National Football League. One of the “objects” SI selected is the Cedar Falls Hy-Vee … Continue reading