About one week ago, a very good friend asked if I would be interested in putting a bid in on some Packer tickets for the November 1 game. Let's be honest...did she even have to ask? I mean who wouldn't want to be present and accounted for to see one of the most controversial and historic events...

Call it a sign of flattery, call it a sign of laziness, but throughout my blogging career I have definitely been influenced by the work of ESPN.com's Bill Simmons, and have written some of my columns in a similar mold. Clearly, I have been nowhere near as good as him, because he is getting paid millions...

Earlier this week The New York Times reported that former NFL players have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or other memory-related conditions at rates much higher than the national population. In a study commissioned by the league, a phone survey of approximately 1,000 former players found...

The moment most Wisconsin sports fans have dreaded for as long as we can remember (well, at least since last summer) is quickly approaching. Only a few more days until the biggest NFL showdown of the year, heck maybe ever, takes center stage on Monday Night Football. Unless you've been living under...

That Brett Favre would be a Viking this season has been fait accompli for months now, no matter how ESPN (what would they have done this summer without Brett, bore us with more meaningless baseball minutia?) and other media have dragged out the suspense. Favre has been the face of the NFL since 1996...