Tag: NFL

• Quarterback

  Didn’t think I’d actually watch Netflix’s new 8-part Quarterback miniseries, but I got sucked in. The series follows Patrick Mahomes, Kirk Cousins, and Marcus Mariota throughout the 2022 season both on and off the field. I haven’t seen Hard Knocks so I don’t know how it compares in terms of tone or content, but this…

  August 21, 2023

  Sports

  football, Netflix, NFL, sports

• Jumping for Jordy

  Sad to hear Jordy Nelson will no longer be a Packer. He’s been a highlight machine, connecting with Rodgers for a franchise-record 65 touchdowns over 10 years: It’s hard to pick a favorite Jordy play, but one fond memory of mine is of his toe-tapping, game-tying TD on 4th and goal against Atlanta in 2010.…

  March 14, 2018

  Sports

  football, Green Bay Packers, Jordy Nelson, NFL

• Our National Anthem?

  As national anthems go, “The Star-Spangled Banner” is strange. It’s hard to sing, it uses antiquated language, and it doesn’t have its nation’s name in it. Though there are several good alternatives (my pick would be “America the Beautiful” sung by the Schuyler Sisters in perpetuity), the Banner is still here, so we must contend with…

  September 28, 2017

  America, Music, Politics

  Colin Kaepernick, NFL, Star Spangled Banner

• Hugging, No Learning

  I remember back during the 2011 NFL lockout, a Packers.com columnist kept writing to the fans not to get invested in the heated rhetoric between the players and owners, because once an agreement was reached—and it would be reached—the representatives of the players and the owners would be hugging on stage, all would be well…

  October 13, 2016

  America, Media, Politics, Presidents

  Barack Obama, David Axelrod, FOX news, George W. Bush, Jerry Seinfeld, Karl Rove, Keith Olbermann, Megyn Kelly, NFL, Roger Goodell, Sean Hannity

• Big Returns: How Fantasy Football is Like Stock Market Investing

  This is a guest post by my friend and fantasy football foe Brian Waters. By Brian Waters, CFP® Note: Nothing mentioned in this article is meant to be a recommendation for your investment portfolio. The rapid increase in popularity of daily fantasy football leagues like DraftKings and FanDuel has triggered a debate over whether these games constitute gambling. One…

  August 29, 2016

  Sports

  Brian Waters, CFP, DraftKings, FanDuel, fantasy football, investing, NFL, stock market

• My Packers: The Emotional Tribalism Of Fandom

  [Article republished from January 2010] I can’t sit still when it’s down to the wire. Four minutes to go in the fourth, the Packers are driving for the game-tying score and I’m on my feet, pacing around my room. It’s been a wild shootout at the NFC Wild Card game: Green Bay’s young gun Aaron…

  December 17, 2011

  Sports

  Aaron Rodgers, football, Green Bay Packers, New York Times, NFL