NOTE: In honor of the 2025 NFL Draft being held at Lambeau Field, I am re-sharing some of my favorite posts about the draft. This one tells the story of my dad's experience. Due to the 26th Amendment, which changed the age of majority from 21 to 18, my Dad remains one of the only [...]
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The 26th pick and he didn’t even know he was drafted
NOTE: In honor of the 2025 NFL Draft being held at Lambeau Field, I am re-sharing some of my favorite posts about the draft. This one tells the story of my dad's experience. Due to the 26th Amendment, which changed the age of majority from 21 to 18, my Dad remains one of the only [...]
This first round pick signed his contract in a parking lot
(In honor of NFL Draft week, I'm re-sharing some of my favorite Packer draft stories. I wrote this one in 2018 about Packer legend and NFL Hall of Famer Herb Adderley) In marked contrast to all the hoopla surrounding the modern NFL draft, Herb Adderley signed his first NFL contract on the hood of a [...]
How to have fun on a rainy Sunday afternoon
We felt like kids playing out in the rain Sunday afternoon. First we tailgated with our pals. Protected by a couple of well-placed tents and fueled by a tasty burger and a handful of Scotcheroos, we barely noticed the drizzle. Then, just as I was reaching for my game-time layer and wondering if I had [...]
Five lessons for the kids from these upstart Packers
Packers head coach Matt LaFleur marched into the post-game interview room last November and taught us all a lesson in accountability. The Packers had just beaten the Chargers 23-20 at Lambeau, but their coach had made a few calls he’d like to take back. Particularly galling was the third-and-six play he called in the waning [...]