Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Police Investigating Bullet Holes Found In Lambeau Field Atrium
Anybody check the players’ lockers? Just a suggestion.

My interview with Dick Leinenkugel in the Waukesha Freeman last week caught the attention of the Terrence Wall campaign and WISN’s Mark Belling (7:11 in).
An e-mail from the Wall campaign yesterday:
Dick Leinenkugel was a quick study under his old boss, Jim Doyle. It only took him 18 months to acquire Jim Doyle’s sense of honesty:
From today’s [...]

I blame Owen Robinson.
Update! I hope he makes enough for two. I’ll bring the ketchup.

I noticed this week that very few Green Bay Packers fans were bothering to say anything to this Dallas Cowboys fan about the upcoming game. I also noticed that tickets were readily available for the game at near-face value.
Is the pessimism of Packer fans justified? Of course.
The Cowboys’ pass rush is [...]

The Lockhorns:

The Green Bay Packers are a highly-motivated home team in a division rivalry. Their fans are loyal bettors that have a tendency to inflate the lines. That’s as far as it goes for Green Bay. Favre is also highly motivated, there is no Lambeau homefield advantage, and the Minnesota Vikings are a [...]

The Onion previews the Packers vs. Vikings matchup and gives the keys to the game for each.  My favorites:
Packers:  “Al Harris can match up with any player in a one-on-one situation, so just stick him on whoever’s going to get the ball.”
Vikings:  “Favre should try to whip the ball up at the top of the [...]

Publication:Waukesha Freeman (Conley); Date:Sep 24, 2009; Section:Opinion; Page Number:10A
Hard at work
Legislature busy with secondary issues
The economy is in the tank. Wisconsin has lost 140,000 jobs since the recession began and unemployment is over 8.4 percent. The state treasurer’s office is a disaster area. The state crime lab can’t find 12,000 DNA samples from convicts. [...]

Publication:Waukesha Freeman (Conley); Date:Jun 25, 2009; Section:Opinion; Page Number:10A4give Favre for turning purpleFans need to move on as QB does
(James Wigderson is a blogger publishing at http://wigdersonlibrarypub.blogspot.com and a Waukesha resident. His column runs Thursdays in The Freeman.)Not since pro wrestling’s Hulk Hogan turned “heel” and disappointed all the little Hulkamaniacs has a sports-entertainment figure [...]

The National Football League regular schedules are out. It looks as if I’ll be watching the game from a bar on November 15th.
Packers 2009 Schedule
Sept. 13: vs. Chicago Bears, 7:20 p.m. Sept. 20: vs. Cincinnati Bengals, Noon (Gold Package) Sept. 27: at St. Louis Rams, Noon Oct. 5: at Minnesota Vikings, 7:30 p.m. Oct. [...]