Green Bay Packers
Packer fans, and obsession, are spreading to all corners of the globe
The NFL playoffs begin this weekend. One of the marquee match-ups pits the Green Bay Packers against the San Francisco 49ers, historically two of the league’s most successful franchises. The game will be in Wisconsin, but Packer fans will be huddling together to watch across the world.
Are You Ready for Some Thanksgiving Football?
Thanksgiving doesn’t just mean turkey and stuffing for many Americans. It means football. The resurgent Detroit Lions play host to the currently undefeated and defending Superbowl champs Green Bay Packers. In Dallas, the Cowboys square off against a very hot Miami Dolphins team led by Reggie Bush. The loser will likely miss the playoffs. The night […]
Get Ready for Some Thursday Night Football
Football fans have waited all year for tonight. The defending champions, the Green Bay Packers will face off against the New Orleans Saints, the Super Bowl champions of 2009. For serious football fanatics, that means fantasy football is starting up too, and the draft finished up last night. Nando Di Fino, sports writer for The Wall […]
Takeouts: Sen. Reid’s gaffe, Cardinals top Packers, cold weather
Washington Takeout: Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich on how comments by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) from 2008 could hurt him in 2010. Sports Takeout: Sports contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin discusses last night’s highest scoring playoff game in NFL history, in which the Arizona Cardinals overcame the Green Bay Packers in overtime, 51-45. Weather Takeout: For […]
Takeouts: bailed out and bankrupt, Brett Favre, listeners on stimulus
Retail lender CIT files bankruptcy and takes $2.3 billion in bailout money with it. Brett Favre had a mixed reception as he took the Minnesota Vikings to victory in Green Bay over the weekend. Listeners respond to questions of stimulus money and jobs.