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Steroids? Surely You Jest
Via Steroid Nation comes this morning's New York Times report on Angel Heredia, a federal witness in a sprawling investigation of track coach Trevor Graham. Mr. Heredia has divulged the names of a dozen world class athletes, including Maurice Greene. Greene's inclusion on the list comes as a disappo...
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man
The Visitor's Locker Room compares Green to a legendary infomercial pitchman, but I've always enjoyed this guy... ...
Don't Even THINK About It, Brett
You know, this is gonna come as a shock to you — and we do hope you are sitting down — but apparently Brett Favre (seriously!) turns out (you ready?) to be (here it comes!) thinking of unretiring. We know, right?!...
Aaron Rodgers Assures Cheeseheads He Is In Fact Aaron Rodgers
We are - and possibly always will be - in the throes of the media's fawning send-off to Brett Favre (Wright Thompson is still crying). His successor at Packers QB, Aaron Rodgers, yesterday felt the need to issue one of those communiques that new heads of state usually do when an important leader ste...
Brett Favre's Fun Can Save Dying Newspapers, End Poverty, Defeat King Koopa
All media junkies have either Poynter or Romenesko bookmarked in their Internet browsers. Those who barely pay attention to the media, let alone stories about the media, the Poynter Institute's website basically acts as a cheerleader for the state of journalism, offering helpful advice yet trying to...
Making Peace With Favre's Final Days
As you might have heard, Brett Favre retired today. (Officially. Unofficially. Whatever.) Around these parts, we've had no bigger Favre and Packers loyalist than Jeff Bercovici, an editor at Portfolio and serious Favre man-crusher. Here, he emotes on a historic day, after the jump....
Brett Favre Retires. Seriously This Time.
The day you thought would never come has finally arrived: Brett Favre has decided to retire. Let the Craig Nall era begin!...
B! G! Won! Somehow!
Down goes Kent State! Down goes Kent State! The 23rd ranked Golden Flashes went into Bowling Green and lost 89-83, mainly because Brian Moten and Joe Jakubowski would love to dance with your dates. If you can believe it, Bowling Green basketball has won four straight games against ranked basketball ...
The Favre Retirement Snafu Mystery
So, honestly, what in the name of fucking Florio happened today with the Packers.com very brief, yet very public screw-up regarding Brett Favre's retirement? About an hour ago, the Packers PR monkeys fessed up to the whole situation, telling Dennis Dillon at The Sporting News that, "The people who h...
The Coldest Bikini Fans In NFL History
We have to say, in the annals of Cameras Capturing People Suffering From A Ridiculously Small Amount Of Clothing While At Sporting Events In Below-Zero Temperatures history, this might be one of the more pleasant shots....
What's Green And Gold And Blue All Over?
What they're saying in the ethernet about the New York Giants' 23-20 OT win over the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game ......
Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.
Kickers are always complaining that they have too much pressure on them, and that people only notice them when they fail. This is not exactly true; people only notice kickers when they fail and the team loses. Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes missed two potential game-winning field goals yesterday — o...
NFC Championship: Second Half
Elisha has been solid, but he hasn't done quite enough to put his team in a good position. Favre is doing Favre-like things and Mike McCarthy still refuses to run the ball. One correction from the first half, it appears that Brady Poppinga has three tackles (not the six I estimated). I guess I'm ju...
NFC Championship: First Half
Sorry for the delayed start, but we're underway in Green Bay, Wisconsin, which I'm told is positively lovely this time of year. The Packers are starting with the ball and Favre comes out in a succession of naked bootlegs. Perhaps this morning's episode of the Mayne Event was actually trying to tell ...
NFC Championship Pants Party: Packers Vs. Giants
Eli Manning against Brett Favre. The debate about the relative attributes of these two quarterbacks has raged for a generation. At last, it will be settled on the field....
How Long Can You Hold Out For The Packers?
If you needed to know anything more about Green Bay Packers fans, here's a sign from a bar in New Lisbon, Wisc....
Shred All You Want, They'll Make More
New Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez isn't the only one out there shredding papers with reckless abandon; some overzealous Packers fans are getting into the act....
Eli Manning Sent To Room With No TV
So Fox affiliate WLUK TV-Green Bay has this convoluted plan to get under Eli Manning's skin this weekend, as you may have heard. Someone told station GM Jay Zollar that Manning is fond of Seinfeld, so Zollar is pulling the show from the station's schedule on Saturday. Remember when no one cared what...
Packers Fans Tend To Be Wise And Capable Parents
You know about this by now, but it must be addressed. Well, it seems that some kids wear their Green Bay Packers clothing by choice. Others, not so much. When 36-year-old Matthew Kowald's 7-year-old son refused to wear a Packers jersey during Green Bay's playoff game with Seattle on Saturday, Kowald...
Setting The Table For Two More Rather Important Games Of Foot-Ball
We'd actually forgotten about this, but now that both teams are meeting again in the AFC Championship Game, it's worth reminding everybody about: LaDainian Tomlinson totally hates the Patriots....