A poignant article in last week's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reminded me of two powerful lines from To an Athlete Dying Young. "Smart lad, to slip betimes away From fields where glory does not stay." Famed author and sports commentator Dick Schaap read the A.E. Housman poem at my dad's funeral more than 20 years ago. [...]
The holiday season begins in T-minus three days and I'm feeling panicky generous. As I'm coming off an especially educational few days, I thought I'd share a few tips I picked up during November's spare weekend. 1) Toilet paper is no substitute for paper toweling. Does this seem obvious to you? It only occurred to [...]
The lone highlight of yesterday's Packer game occurred during halftime when four members of the All Veteran Parachute Team floated into Lambeau Field, trailing patriotic smoke and skillfully avoiding camera wires. Though they appeared to be aiming way too far east of the stadium when they jumped from the plane, all four landed squarely on [...]
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times in our little corner of section 117 at Lambeau Field Monday night. We had everything before us, and then we had nothing before us.The best of times ended with 12:38 remaining in the first quarter when our invincible quarterback broke his collarbone, a [...]
I would have offered my advice to anyone so clearly befuddled as to how to gear up for a maiden voyage into Lambeau Field. "I'm not sure I like the way you're dressed," I joked as I eyed up the head-to-toe Viking togs of two people weighing their options in front of a Hothands display. [...]