Brett Favre Jersey To Be Retired By 2016
Brett Favre’s No. 4 Jersey will likely be retired by the 2016 NFL season now that Favre and Packer’s management have kissed and made up. It was Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers who argued back in May...
View ArticleSuper party returns to N’awlins
Steve Serby NEW ORLEANS — There were Bears on the prowl that night, Bears named Jim McMahon and Jay Hilgenberg, partying hard at a local institution named Pat O’Brien’s, home of the Hurricane, a...
View ArticlePackers president explains desired timeline for Favre number retirement
GREEN BAY - The president of the Green Bay Packers has unveiled when he wants to retire record-breaking quarterback Brett Favre's number, ending a long rift where both sides have...
View ArticleAaron Rodgers' biggest year ever
Rob Christie is a 35-year-old firefighter in the Yukon Territory, north of his native British Columbia. Christie played football in his younger days, including two years as the center at Butte College...
View ArticleTime affords the opportunity to properly honor Brett Favre’s Packers legacy
In the final seasons the sideshow overwhelmed the actual show, the circus of the end, return, end, return, end of Brett Favre’s career making people forget how great he once was. Maybe that’s what can...
View ArticleBrett Favre's number will be retired by the Packers, someday
GREEN BAY, Wis.— The Green Bay Packers will definitely retire Brett Favre's No. 4. It just won't happen during the upcoming 2013 season. Brett Favre's number will be retired by the Green Bay Packers,...
View ArticleBell: Deacon Jones was Canton's unofficial emcee
Roughly 130 Hall of Famers are expected to return to Canton, Ohio, in early August to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and it's a bummer that Deacon Jones won't be in...
View ArticleDeSean Jackson far from the first star to head to a division rival
When receiver DeSean Jackson signed in Washington, the $24 million he was given over a three-year deal was the main incentive, but he probably could have received a similar deal with another team....
View ArticleAnalysis: Packers, Favre, genuinely bury the hatchet
GREEN BAY - According to a tweet from our Journal Sentinel friend and colleague Lori Nickel, Packers President Mark Murphy said the team wants "to retire Favre's number in a year or two when it is...
View ArticleBrett Favre accepts blame for split with Packers: 'I was at fault'
Showing contriteness not revealed before, Brett Favre is clearly moving closer to a reunion with the Packers. In an interview with WGR-AM in Buffalo to promote Jim Kelly’s “Hunter’s Hope” charity...
View ArticleFavre headed to Packers HOF in 2015
Published August 04, 2014Sports Network Facebook0 Twitter0 Green Bay, WI (SportsNetwork.com) - The Green Bay Packers announced Monday that Brett Favre will be inducted into the team's Hall of Fame in...
View ArticleFavre says he played his final year for the money
Quarterback Brett Favre says that he played his final NFL season, in 2010 for Minnesota, in large part because of the enticement of a big paycheck. "First of all, the money was too good,'' he told NFL...
View ArticleSunday Morning Quarterback: Brett Favre's memory loss puts a high-profile...
Brett Favre had no regard for his body in his 20 years in the NFL. He had a linebacker mentality, the arm of a gunslinger and the enthusiasm of a kid playing just for fun in the schoolyard. He’s just...
View ArticleQuotes From Week 6 Editions of NFL Network’s ‘NFL GameDay First’ &‘NFL...
(Source: NFL - National Football League) Quick Quotes from NFL GameDay First & NFL GameDay Morning - "Yes. The results speak for themselves. It is a real lesson here: if you want to take some risks...
View ArticlePackers adding Brett Favre to Hall of Fame in 2015
Brett Favre is returning to Titletown. The quarterback, estranged from the franchise he helped resurrect during his 16-year career, will be inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame and have his...
View ArticleTom Brady scores top No. 12 slot
What do jock greats Tom Brady, Bill Russell, Bobby Orr and Ted Williams have in common? They all did their jerseys proud, according to “Any Given Number,” a new book that counts jersey numbers from 00...
View ArticleTen greatest athletes in Green Bay sports history
COMMENTARY | There is one professional football franchise in the state of Wisconsin, and when you take a step back and think about it, the city of Green Bay being the host of an NFL team is pretty...
View ArticleRodgers pushes hard for Packers' reunion with Favre
Aaron Rodgers wants the reunion of Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers—along with the retirement of Favre’s No. 4—to happen sooner rather than later. Favre has been “outside” the Packers’ family...
View ArticleBrett Favre visits Green Bay
The long-awaited return of former great Brett Favre to Green Bay will be realized Monday afternoon when Favre attends a tribute to Hall of Famer Bart Starr that will benefit a boys ranch, according to...
View ArticleHall of Fame takes me down memory lane
It’s hard to believe that eight years have passed since I visited the Canton, Ohio for Troy Aikman’s induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. My brothers and I made a road trip to see the class of...
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