I sure am glad social media wasn't around when my dad, Ron Kostelnik, was drafted to play for the Green Bay Packers. Bar stool coaches would have bellowed mightily about a team blowing its second round pick (which, back then, was the 26th pick overall) on a guy with a suspect knee from the University [...]
Category: football
Congratulations to Tom Brady and the New England Patriots
Congratulations to Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. As a Packer fan, I know a thing or two about great quarterbacks and our big three -- Bart Starr, Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers -- own their special place in history. But, Tom Brady has won six Super Bowls and lost three. Nine Super Bowl [...]
Super Bowl and Civil Rights Champions
It seemed to me that the laughter, crossing 2,000 miles and bubbling up over 52 years, is one of the best indications of Vince Lombardi’s success as both a Super Bowl and civil rights champion. After seeing a photo of herself and Ruth Pitts as part of the “Delay of Game” exhibit at the Neville [...]
An excellent Thursday night football game
Sunday morning snow
"Well,I know now. I know a little more how much a simple thing like a snowfall can mean to a person." --Sylvia Plath Some snowfalls land gently, like a lace tablecloth on an old, scared dining room table. That's how Sunday morning's snow seemed to me. It approached without fanfare before dawn, tidied up the [...]