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July 15, 2008

The Green & Gold blogosphere has been alive and buzzing all day in the wake of Brett Favre’s “On The Record” appearance with Greta Van Susteren last night. Here’s a sample of links to some of the opinions floating around out there in the electronic ether:

Cheesehead TV thought the interview was a train wreck, calls […]

July 13, 2008

Friday we got Brett Favre’s letter to the Packers requesting his release and the team’s official statement saying in so many words, “No way, José.” Yesterday was dominated by Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy giving lengthy interviews to newspapers and TV stations. Today, though, without any official news from the Packers and still no comment […]

July 9, 2008

Right about the time this site went on semi-voluntary sabatical, I got an e-mail from JT in Houston and never really replied, so let me send out a public hello to all the Packer fans in Houston. No offense, but I can’t think of a worse place to be a Green Bay supporter (other than […]

April 20, 2008

Annual surveys of sports fans regularly show that Green Bay is one of the most popular teams in the NFL, with a fan base that stretches across the country. It’s also not uncommon to see celebrities attending games at Lambeau Field (though some need to keep their distance). But apparently we Packer fans have an […]

January 21, 2008

One of the good things to come out of this season is the emergence of the now famous Packer Bikini Girls as the new face of Packer Nation. I’m sure that most people out there think of Packer fans as overweight guys who drink too much beer and eat too many brats (we’re still out […]

January 17, 2008

I’m no poster boy for PC behavior when it comes to the Green Bay Packers — you do not want to see me watching a game — but the guy in Pardeeville who strapped his kid down with packing tape because he refused to root for the Packers really takes the cake. As horrible as […]

December 14, 2007

Much love to Brad Bickley, Packer superfan who flies from Taiwan to Green Bay to see three or four games each season. That’s a 20-hour flight each way.

September 8, 2007

As a Packer fan living about as far from Wisconsin as you can and still be on American soil, I’ve had my share of fantasies about quiting my job and moving to Green Bay to follow the Green & Gold for an entire season. If you could make it work financially — and if the […]

August 30, 2007

Wisconsin native and New York artist, Tim Laun is also a Packer fan. No, make that a super fan.
Laun has transformed his passion for the Packers and for art — big art — into a 36-foot long showpiece called “Tim Laun: Sunday, September 20, 1992,” an abstract piece inspired by the day that Brett Favre […]

January 24, 2006

If you get your name on the Green Bay Packers waiting list today, maybe you’ll get your tickets the same year as our tricentennial. According to the Journal Sentinel, there are now 70,819 names on the waiting list for Packers season tickets, so even assuming a turnover of 1,000 per year, you’d be waiting another […]