Sports - Nov. 18, 2008
The jury is still out on whether "A-Rodg" is "A-OK"
A good quarterback can lift a team. A great one can carry a team. A bad one can drag it down. A horrible one can sink a team. It's tough to say where Aaron Rodgers belongs on the scale, but many Packers fans -- not to mention the front office and coaching staff -- seem blind to the flaws he has shown as a first-year starter.
Tags: packers, rodgers, favre, mccarthy, thompson, begel

Sports - Nov. 15, 2008
Saturday Scorecard: It was nice knowin' ya, CC
Diehard Brewers fans can uncross their fingers and step away from the rabbit's feet and four-leaf clovers. Chances of the Brewers retaining CC Sabathia evaporated when the Yankees reportedly offered the ace lefty a six-year, $140 million contract. Milwaukee fans will be left with the wonderful memories of Sabathia's 18 games, 134 1/3 innings, 537 batters faced and 1,979 pitches.
Tags: brewers, sabathia, yankees, favre, orton, allen, packers, grant, mccarthy

Sports - Oct. 28, 2008
Casting a different light on a shadowy situation
For 16 years, Brett Favre was the brightest light in the Wisconsin sports galaxy. Why is it, then, that so many fans are so quick to believe any dark story involving the iconic quarterback? Every time someone criticizes Favre, the rush to judgment resembles a stampede.
Tags: favre, green bay, packers, millen, tony romo

Sports - Oct. 23, 2008
Transcript: Favre press conference with N.Y. media
A day later, the sports will is still buzzing over whether Jets quarterback Brett Favre imparted useful / damaging information about the Packers to then-Lions president Matt Millen in advance of Green Bay's game against Detroit. Here is the press conference transcript.
Tags: favre, millen, lions, packers

Sports - Oct. 22, 2008
Favre's downplays Packers-Lions "espionage"
Let's face it -- the Brett Favre saga has played out like a soap opera for men. A new episode debuted this morning, when the Jets quarterback addressed charges that he helped the Lions.
Tags: packers, favre, lions, millen, espn

Sports - Nov. 5, 2008
The Favre effect
   The past couple of weeks brought us another riveting installment in the ongoing soap opera that is the Packer/ Favre divorce. Much of the shock and ire brought on by the report that Favre may have given inside information on the Packers to the Lions before their Week 2 meeting, as re...
Tags: Favre, Packers

Sports - Aug. 8, 2008
PLEASE write about the Packer's or nothing at all........
Does anyone in Wisconsin remember that we have this football team called The Green Bay Packers?  Well, I think most of the state would appreciate it if the sports writers would STOP writing about former players and concentrate on the current team.  I, for one, am very excited about the ...
Tags: sports, football, green bay, packers, favre

Sports - Aug. 7, 2008
The Final Saga in the Favre Soap Opera
So, here it is.. a Brett Favre blog.  I know deep down no one wants it, but we're all so emotionally involved we can't turn away.  Let's face it, tensions were tight in Green Bay.  A hard-nosed player clashed with a no-nonsense coach and out came the worst possible result.  Br...
Tags: Favre, Packers

Sports - July 9, 2008
TPS 20: Favre, Sabathia, and The Feelings of the Fan
Hello out there in reader land. I was going to do something special for TPS #20, but instead I'll save it for #25. I just have to write about these two topics. For those of you who don't care about these topics stop reading. This blog might end up being long, I'm not sure, but I have to get it ou...
Tags: brewers, favre, packers, sports, baseball, football, sabathia, CC,

Sports - March 18, 2008
The Prodigal Son
This is blog entry number one. I'm just setting the table over here. Blogs this week will focus on the Badgers in the Big Ten tourney as I will be in attendance in Omaha, NE for games one and two. After that the blog will focus on sports, humor, and dining in Milwaukee and Chicago. The ti...
Tags: Sports, dining, badgers, Favre