Depending on how the next two weeks play out, the Packers long, exciting afternoon/evening at Heinz Field will be remembered as a gut punch, a wake-up call, a bump in the road a harbinger of a playoff exit. The bottom line -- the Packers lost a game that was within their grasp because their previously stout defense crumbled at crunch time.
It ranks as one of the most memorable games ever played at Lambeau Field.It wasn't the first game ever played at the stadium, like the 1957 opener against Chicago. It wasn't an NFL Championship Game, like the legendary Ice Bowl. It didn't feature any unusual weather, like the infamous Snow Bowl contest against Tampa Bay in 1985.When the Green Bay Packers met the Chicago Bears on Nov. 5, 1989, the Packers were 4-4 and facing the five-time defending NFC Central Division champions. The game would
After his first practice in a purple helmet, Brett Favre took part in his first press conference as a member of the Vikings. The meeting started late, but he was his usual, affable self.
When the NFL Draft begins on Saturday afternoon, Bud Lea will be watching the TV coverage from his sofa. After covering sports for fans in Milwaukee and Wisconsin for nearly six decades as a reporter, columnist and editor of the Milwaukee Sentinel and Packer Plus, he deserves a break. Lea, who recently turned 80, took time to share his thoughts on things he's seen from press row.
Heartbreaking is the only term that can even begin to describe the mix of emotions that permeated the hearts and souls of Packers fans last Sunday night when the team fell in overtime to the New York Giants.