NFL preparing for contingency plans

With NFL teams holding virtual offseason programs, there’s a chance the league’s regular season won’t start on time.  According to a report in the Sports Business Journal, the league is considering several contingencies, just in case they can’t...

Three Packers on “Super Bowl 50 Golden Team”

Three Green Bay Packers were named to the “Super Bowl 50 Golden Team,” selected by Pro Football Hall of Fame voters. Only one of the three game from the Packers’ Super Bowl I and II teams of the 1960’s, offensive tackle Forrest Gregg. Defensive...

Packers Nation shocked with OT loss in Seattle (AUDIO)

Sunday’s 28-22 overtime loss to the Seattle Seahawks is clearly one of the worst playoff losses in Green Bay Packers history.  It may not top the list, but it’s close. The Packers dominated play for most of the game, but left the door open just enough for...

Minneapolis awarded 2018 Super Bowl

Build a new stadium and there’s a good chance that a Super Bowl will follow. Minneapolis is the latest city to put the building of a new stadium in motion and see the NFL reward their efforts.  The Minnesota Vikings will open their new $1 billion dollar stadium...

Packers favored to win 2013 Super Bowl

The Green Bay Packers didn’t win the Super Bowl, but after a 15-1 record, they’re still the favorites to win it all next year. Green Bay, at 6-to-1, is the team that’s favored to win the 2013 Super Bowl according to the oddsmakers at Bovada. New...

Holmgren sets the wheels in motion for Packers

The Green Bay Packers were an organization going nowhere for two-plus decades.  That’s when general manager Ron Wolf hired Mike Holmgren to coach the Packers.  It was that move that set the wheels in motion once again for the Green Bay Packers organization....

Mike Holmgren headed for Packers Hall of Fame

The Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame Inc. will induct former Packers coach Mike Holmgren into the Hall at the 42nd Hall of Fame Induction Banquet, to be held Saturday, July 21, 2012, in the Lambeau Field Atrium. Holmgren coached the Packers from 1992 through 1998,...

Packers to get Super Bowl rings June 16th

Even with the lockout in place, the Green Bay Packers will receive their Super Bowl rings in a June 16th ceremony at Lambeau Field. Contact between players and team officials is generally not allowed during a work stoppage, but the team has been granted an exemption...

McCarthy not likely to spend much time designing ring

The Green Bay Packers organization is in the process of designing the teams Super Bowl rings, but Packers coach Mike McCarthy said he’s not likely going to spend a lot of time on the ring design. AUDIO: Mike McCarthy not likely to spend much time on the teams SB...

Black Eyed Peas scoring decent at the Super Bowl

The Black Eyed Peas were the headliners of the NFL Super Bowl XLV halftime show and by most accounts, they performed well. Fergie, the first female to appear in a Super Bowl halftime show since Janet Jackson in 2004, had no wardrobe surprises.  She joined former Guns...

Rodgers joins Starr in MVP circles

Aaron Rodgers accomplished something Brett Favre never did: win a Super Bowl MVP. Rodgers passed for 304 yards and three touchdowns in the Green Bay Packers 31-25 Super Bowl XLV win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.   His numbers could have been much better had it not...

Packers claim 4th Super Bowl with win over Steelers (AUDIO)

The Green Bay Packers jumped out to a 21-3 lead and then had to hang on for a 31-25 Super Bowl XLV win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday night.  The Packers pulled out the victory, despite missing two of it’s leaders for the entire second half, Charles...

It’s time for Woodson to get a Super Bowl win! (AUDIO)

Charles Woodson missed out on his first Super Bowl opportunity when his Oakland Raiders lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 48-21 around a decade ago.  Now Woodson is back for another chance, with the Green Bay Packers, as they face the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl...

Driver expected to play

Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver was limited in practice with a quad injury on Friday, but coach Mike McCarthy expects Driver to play on Sunday. Driver injured his calf during practice on Wednesday.  He suffered a quad injury earlier in the season and has...

McCarthy uses basketball movie clip for motivation

Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy pulled out the movie “Hoosiers” to motivate his team this week.  He broke out clips from the 1986 movie about a small-town Indiana high school basketball team. McCarthy said, “I know everybody loves the movie...

Bennett drives players with a ring

Green Bay Packers running backs coach Edgar Bennett has been wearing his Super Bowl ring around this week, letting it serve as a reminder of the Packers last Super Bowl victory, a Super Bowl XXXI triumph over the New England Patriots. Bennett was a starting halfback...

Black Eyed Peas ready to roll at halftime show

The Black Eyed Peas are ready for the Super Bowl XLV halftime show on Sunday.  They’re expected to be joined by R & B superstar Usher and Guns & Roses guitarist Slash. The band spoke at a news conference in downtown Dallas and they’re hoping to...

Rodgers looks forward to the big game (AUDIO)

Bart Starr won his first Super Bowl at age 27.  Brett Favre won his only Super Bowl at age 27.  Aaron Rodgers just happens to be 27 years old and he’ll lead his Green Bay Packers into battle against the Pittsburgh Steelers and Super bowl 45 on Sunday.  Reporters...

Weather causing chaos for Super Bowl week!

Winter weather is affecting a big portion of the country right now and Dallas, Texas, which is hosting Super Bowl 45, is no exception.  An ice storm in the Dallas area has made travel difficult.  It’s cancelled school’s and even ruined some of the Super...

Media Day is history, now it’s time for football

There was a time when the NFL’s Super Bowl Media Day actually served a purpose.  But yesterday’s event at the new Cowboys Stadium showed once again how ridiculous the event has become.  It’s no longer about football and hasn’t been for some...