On book tours, literary legacies and Jerry Kramer

On book tours, literary legacies and Jerry Kramer

In one of several surreal moments last week, I found myself stuck in Packer game day traffic and chatting with a legend. I had called NFL Hall of Famer and Packer great Jerry Kramer the day before to thank him for his body of work. On a sunny afternoon last Wednesday, I had been walking [...]

Those Lombardi-era babies were born with a silver rattle in their hands

Those Lombardi-era babies were born with a silver rattle in their hands

My sister Kathy was born with a silver rattle in her hands -- all the players' babies born during those first Packer Super Bowl years were. Packer legend Vince Lombardi and his wife Marie visited the wives in the hospital and gifted their newborns a sterling silver rattle. (Back then, ladies stayed in the hospital [...]

It took a Village (and a Flo) to create a Packer community in the 1960s

It took a Village (and a Flo) to create a Packer community in the 1960s

There must have been a little something extra in the water at the Village Apartments in Green Bay back in the 1960s. (Well, there was a little something extra in the water at the Bettis house next door. 🤣) Either way, the people who lived there went on to live impressive lives, and they have [...]