The Giants honored Burns in a pre-game ceremony in which Barry Bonds was also in attendance.

During the ensuing season, the Canucks retired their second jersey number in team history, hanging Linden's number 16 beside Smyl's number 12 in a pre-game ceremony on December 17, 2008.

Yzerman's # 19 jersey was officially retired on January 2, 2007 during a pre-game ceremony at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.

On August 7, 2009, Carter, along with many of his 1992 and 1993 Toronto Blue Jay World Series alumni teammates, attended a reunion / pre-game ceremony at the Rogers Centre.

Early in the 2007 – 08 season in October, Koivu was criticized by nationalist lawyer Guy Bertrand for not speaking French in a videotaped pre-game ceremony.

During his remarks at the pre-game retirement ceremony, Geoffrion's son Bob recounted how his parents had once gone to a boxing match at the Montreal Forum and that Geoffrion had told his wife Marlene that his own number would someday hang from the rafters beside that of her father's, Howie Morenz.

The day after his death, before the start of the Yankees ' four-game set with the Baltimore Orioles in the Bronx, the team paid tribute to their deceased captain in a pre-game ceremony in which the starters stood at their defensive positions, save for the catcher's box, which remained empty.

On May 23, 2008, during a pre-game ceremony in which Biggio received an award for MLB. com's This Year in Baseball 2007 Moment of the Year award for his 3, 000th hit on June 28, the Astros announced that they would retire Craig Biggio's jersey.

Those who spoke in the pre-game ceremony included Brett Hull, Joe Mullen, Phil Housley, and Stars owner Tom Hicks.

The anthem is sung at a pre-game ceremony in a local hotel.

In a pre-game ceremony, Broncos legends John Elway, Steve Atwater, Randy Gradishar, Haven Moses, Billy Thompson, Floyd Little, Dennis Smith, and Karl Mecklenburg helped to " Move the Thunder " from the old Mile High Stadium to the new home of the Broncos.

Kalas's pitch was part of the pre-game ceremony in which the Phillies received their 2008 World Series championship rings.

The Canucks retired Linden's jersey number, 16, from circulation in a pre-game ceremony December 17, 2008, prior to playing the Edmonton Oilers.

On October 9, 2010, Daniel was named an alternate captain for the Canucks, who named Henrik captain during a pre-game ceremony to celebrate the team's 40th anniversary.

On 9 October 2010, Henrik was named the Canucks ' 13th captain in team history during a pre-game ceremony celebrating the start of the team's 40th season.

On September 19, 2006, Varitek was honored during a pre-game ceremony as the first Red Sox catcher to catch 1, 000 games.

He was joined by fellow Hall of Famers Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal, Gaylord Perry and Orlando Cepeda in the pre-game ceremony.

In January 2007, the Toronto Maple Leafs announced that Keon would attend a pre-game ceremony to honour its 1967 Stanley Cup winning team.

The statue was unveiled in a pre-game ceremony before their game on September 7 against the Houston Astros.

On April 8, 2010, Olczyk returned to Pittsburgh to join more than 50 former Penguins being honored in a pre-game ceremony before the final regular season game at Mellon Arena.

More than 50 former Penguins were in attendance for a pre-game ceremony and " team picture.

Those honored in the pre-game ceremony were Lou Angotti, Ed Van Impe, Bob Clarke, Mel Bridgman, Bill Barber, Dave Poulin, Ron Sutter, Kevin Dineen, Éric Desjardins, Keith Primeau and Derian Hatcher.

Konstantinov returned to the ice at Joe Louis Arena, helped by a walker, for the pre-game number retirement ceremony for Steve Yzerman on January 2, 2007.

Before one of the Dinamo games that was played on Yartsev's birthday, Sergei Stepashin, who was the Prime Minister of Russia at the time, gave Yartsev a sabre as a birthday gift in a sideline pre-game ceremony.

Clemens would also find himself the point of minor controversy when it was revealed in the book The Yankee Years by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci that Clemens ' bizarre pre-game ritual included soaking in extremely hot water then having the hottest possible muscle liniment applied to his genitals during his rub-down.

This was the last Super Bowl to feature Up with People as a half-time show, though they later performed in the Super Bowl XXV pre-game show.

The song was adopted as the pre-game anthem during the deciding match of the 1990 Five Nations Championship between Scotland and England, which Scotland won 13 – 7 to win the Grand Slam.

The Scottish Football Association adopted " Flower of Scotland " as its pre-game national anthem in 1997 although it was first used by them in 1993 ,.

An exception was made to his ban to allow him to participate in the pre-game introduction of the All-Century team before Game 2 of the 1999 World Series between the Braves and Yankees.

On September 13, 2006, Scruggs was honored at Turner Field in Atlanta as part of the pre-game show for an Atlanta Braves home game.

Carlton players during pre-game warmupCarlton's overall position began to improve in 2007, when businessman Richard Pratt, Steven Icke and Collingwood's Greg Swann came to the club as president, general manager of football operations, and CEO respectively ; although Pratt's presidency lasted only sixteen months, after which he was replaced by Stephen Kernahan, the new personnel stabilised the club's off-field position.

On May 28, 2005, during pre-game ceremonies in Cincinnati, Anderson's jersey number, # 10, was retired by the Reds.

The " exploding helmets " gimmick was also used at various times in the 1980s and 1990s during the pre-game tease.

He was also known for his trademark black and white houndstooth or gingham hat, deep voice, casually leaning up against the goal post during pre-game warmups, and frequently holding his rolled-up game plan while on the sidelines.

In addition to his play-by-play duties, Caray also hosted a pre-game call in show, until 2004, during which he was notorious for insulting on-air fans with curt and sarcastic responses, particularly when asked baseball questions of the simplest order, such as " how do you calculate ERA?

It was reported in the Whittington book that his pre-game " pep talk " consisted of writing " 73-0 " on the locker room's chalkboard.

During his pre-game appearance he recounted how the show was done 2, 000 years earlier – " It wasn't this hippy-happy-dappy game you've got here ... the moment you walked out of your cave – Jeopardy!

Titan TV, the school's television channel, for a while was the only NCAA Division III school to telecast all home football and men's and women's basketball games complete with live pre-game, halftime, and post-game shows.

For once, the game lived up to all of the pre-game hoop-la, and even though the game ended in a 21 – 21 tie, Navy was awarded the national championship.

In 2003, during an October 6 Monday Night Football game against the Indianapolis Colts, Sapp was scolded for skipping through and disrupting the Colts players, who were spread out on the field, stretching during pre-game warmups.

Wynn was throwing pre-game batting practice to Joe, and Joe hit two long drives in a row.

One day, he refused to go out to the mound for his pre-game duties, and was sent to Terre Haute of the Three-I League for the rest of the year, posting a 20-8 record.