ONE INCREDIBLE RIDE

Marc Mariani always knew the time would have to come — the time when he would officially have to say that he was no longer playing football. After all, Mariani is a seven-year veteran of the NFL — and for any player that has laced up the cleats and put on a helmet in the NFL, that day always comes.

And it has now for Mariani, the one-time Havre Blue Pony great, who turned his dreams of playing football at the highest level possible into an incredible reality, a reality that took him to a standout career with the Tennessee Titans, twice, as well as the Chicago Bears.

“It’s crazy looking back no...