Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
If you want to know what makes an athlete elite, watch Micah Parsons and Josh Jacobs play football. They each move with the kind of intensity that can lift an entire team if its members are paying attention. Watch Micah Parsons bounce off a pair of blockers, spin around and drive back toward quarterback Jacoby [...]
The old car preened in the summer sun and beckoned all comers from an empty corner of the Dairy Queen parking lot. Of course, we wandered over. It isn't every day you spot a pristine 1950 Packard Super 8 Deluxe in Shawano, Wisconsin...or anywhere else, for that matter. And this one, a self-and-accurately-proclaimed SHRINE, really [...]
Jim McKay could have narrated the Packers first few days of free agency this year. In my head, he did. “The thrill of victory!” I thought when we signed running back Josh Jacobs and safety Xavier McKinney. “The agony of defeat,” when we lost Aaron Jones. Sometimes, “the human drama of athletic competition” can really [...]
In the days leading up to her death, Cherry Starr had agreed to help my daughter Katherine and me with a project we’re working on. And, though we’ll always be sad we were not able to complete our interview with her, we are, as always, astounded by her grace. Among the millions of stories you’ll [...]
You don’t have to dig too far back into the Packers’ rich and storied history to get some perspective on Saturday’s disappointing playoff loss. In fact, you only have to look at last year. How did you feel about the Packers after they lost to Detroit at Lambeau last year and didn’t even make the [...]