An Open Letter to the National Media
I was listening to ESPN radio Sportscenter Saturday with Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel as a guest promoting his fine new book about Super Bowl history. Right before the segment concluded, the host asked McGinn why quarterback Brett Favre continues to be held in contempt by many Packer fans. McGinn, being the arrogant ass [...]
Rodgers Gets a Harsh Critique
In his film study review of the Packers playoff loss to Arizona, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writer Bob McGinn was less than charitable in his assessment of the play of Green Bay QB Aaron Rodgers:
The stark difference between the Green Bay Packers and Arizona Cardinals in the NFC wild-card playoffs Sunday was the play of the [...]
The Week That Was: New Year’s Eve Edition
A weekly review of the past week in sports and maybe not sports. Everyone else has a weekly list or 8 so why not us.
Ed. Note: I would really like to say this is a day early because I’ll be partying like a rock star tonight for New Year’s Eve but let’s face the facts, [...]
PD Packer Review: Week 15/Steelers
If you aren’t a fan of the Green Bay Packers, Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers proved to be a pretty entertaining contest. For those of us who are, though, the 37-36 last second loss encapsulated all that is both good and bad with this year’s edition of our favorite NFL team.
That the difference ultimately [...]
PD Packer Review: Week 13/Ravens
I went to Lambeau Field on Monday night and a flag football game broke out.
The Green Bay Packers defeated the Baltimore Ravens 27-14 in a sluggish affair in which the teams combined for 310 yards of penalties on 23 infractions. Since the Packers and Ravens are two of the more penalized teams in the league, we [...]