This Week in the Rearview Mirror
After last night’s loss at Minnesota, I think we can safely put the Wisconsin Badgers’ chances of winning the Big(11)Ten basketball championship to bed. Given where they’re at right now with trying to work forward Jon Leuer back into the lineup, I’m not sure those were realistic expectations in the first place. As [...]
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 [...]
Nightmare Scenario
For a fan of the Green Bay Packers like myself, the prospect of a Super Bowl match-up between the Minnesota Vikings and the New York Jets is the worst of both possible worlds.
Obviously, I can’t pull for the Vikings as they are the most hated rival of my favorite professional football team. Throw in the way that former Packer legend [...]
Twilight of the Favre Legacy
It is not so much that I am rooting against Brett Favre when his Minnesota Vikings take on the New Orleans Saints in the NFC Championship Game this weekend. It’s more like I am rooting for the maintenance of his legacy as a Green Bay Packer. That’s why I will be hoping that his team [...]
The Week That Was: Christmas 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: Posting this a day early as tomorrow I’ll be too busy putting together toys and snow blowing Mom & Dad’s driveway out.
1. 18 Seconds of Futility: As last week’s [...]
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