For a decade the Green Bay Packers triumvirate of General Manager Ted Thompson, head coach Mike McCarthy, and quarterback Aaron Rodgers have been unassailable in Green Bay. Nearly every mention of Thompson labels him as one of the best GMs in football. McCarthy is hailed by television press and Wisconsin…
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I’ve been writing for pay of late, which means I’ve had less time to update the blog, but for a look at some recent work, here you go! Peninsula Pulse Brett Favre Meant More to Packers Than You Remember Wisconsin People & Ideas Nature Boy: The Life and Times of Roy…
As the Golden State Warriors chase the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls single season wins record, NBA talking heads have begun to question the wisdom of playing stars like Stephen Curry and Draymond Green against lesser opponents. “Don’t really see the point in GSW playing Curry today,” tweeted Haralabos Voulgaris March 27. “Just…
Andy Tarnoff and the folks at OnMilwaukee gave me a chance to share a story of a winter trip home to Door County in January for one of the best, most authentic city web journals you’ll find. I took my new wife up to my hometown for a winter weekend,…
This has bugged me for years. In 2015, when Pro Football Hall of Fame voting rolled around, former Tampa Bay Buccaneer and Denver Broncos safety John Lynch was a finalist for the NFL Hall of Fame. Former Green Bay Packers safety Leroy Butler wasn’t, and he never comes close. This…
The 1989 Green Bay Packers made no sense. Coming off a 4-12 season, they entered the season with largely the same group of underachievers who had lead them through a depressing campaign in ’88. The one glimmer of hope and change was at quarterback, where Don Majkowski was taking over…
When I think of happiness, I think of John Kodanko. I think about his smile. Some of us smile sheepishly, as if we’re not supposed to. John smiled wide, as if only the constraints of the human anatomy held him back from smiling wider. His laugh was at once booming…
At the heart of most brewery stories is a love of beer and brewing. While Door County Brewing Co. founder John McMahon certainly has that, there’s a more-practical reason he launched his brewery in 2013. He wanted to give his sons a way to move home. McMahon and his wife,…
I woke up in a panicked sweat at 5:41 AM. It had been a while, but the kitchen nightmare came back. It was every worst-case kitchen scenario happening at once. I’m prepping in the kitchen by myself. The other cooks haven’t shown up. I’m nowhere close to ready, and we…