My brother Mike lost the Super Bowl II ring he inherited from my dad, and he's doing everything he can to retrieve it. Of course, he regrets losing such a meaningful piece of memorabilia, but he has no qualms about wearing it. He wore that ring all the time because our dad wore it all [...]
Here in Wisconsin, we're lucky enough to have enjoyed three of the greatest quarterbacks of all time in the elegant Bart Starr (two Super Bowls and three world championships), the passionate Brett Favre (one Super Bowl title and one should-have-been-a-Super-Bowl-title) and the cerebral Aaron Rodgers (one Super Bowl win so far). Based on our charmed [...]
In 1984 my roommate Trish (the Dish) and I walked about a mile from our dorm room to the Grand Theatre in downtown Milwaukee to see the movie Purple Rain. We stood in a raucous line, sat through a compelling movie, and rose in unison with the rest of the theatre goers to sing. [...]
With an impressive combination of German precision, Irish luck and Catholic fertility, my parents managed to produce exactly four NFL championship rings and exactly four children. For most of my childhood, the rings rested unceremoniously on a plaque in our family room, just a few feet from an unlocked side door. Though he valued them [...]
As Super Bowls go, Molly and I prefer the green and gold variety. We even considered a ski trip this weekend, so uninterested were we in Sunday's festivities. But then we were invited to watch the game with some of the greatest Packer fans we know and we cheered up considerably. Our friends created a [...]