Longtime NFL exec Joe Browne wins Hall of Fame award (Yahoo Sports)

NFL senior executive Joe Browne, who recently retired after 50 years in the league office, will receive the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Ralph Hay Pioneer Award during the induction ceremony Aug. 6. Browne was the longest-serving employee in the league office. In 1990, Browne became the league's first vice president under Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, and was promoted five years later to senior vice president.