RACINE, WI — Racine County officials joined Green Bay Packers President Mark Murphy in putting the first shovel in the dirt in the $6 million S.C. Johnson Community Sports Complex at Pritchard Park Wednesday. In partnership with the Racine Unified School District, Racine County Murphy joined Racine County Executive Jonathan Delagrave and Racine Unified Superintendent […]
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Steil, Phillips Place Congressional Wager on Sunday’s Packers-Vikings Game
Bryan Steil (R-WI-01) and Dean Phillips (D-MN-03) made a friendly wager ahead of Sunday’s Packers-Vikings game at Lambeau Field. If the Packers win, Phillips will deliver Steil a 25-pound Pearson’s salted nut roll and beer from Excelsior Brewing Company and Minnetonka’s Unmapped Brewing. If the Vikings beat the Packers, Steil will give Phillips Wisconsin cheddar […]
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Packers vs Raiders Preview: Week 3 Preseason Game In Winnipeg
GREEN BAY, WI — The Green Bay Packers will take their talents to Canada this Thursday for a preseason game against the Oakland Raiders. Thursday’s game marks the third time in team history the Packers have played outside the U.S. during the preseason. In 1997, the Packers defeated the Buffalo Bills 35-3 in a game […]
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Aaron Rodgers vs. The Bears: A Retrospective
On Sunday night the Chicago Bears had a seemingly tough choice. Leading 20-17 with 2:39 remaining, the Bears faced a 4th and 2 at the 14 yard line of the Green Bay Packers. The Packers were out of timeouts, meaning a conversion would allow the Bears to run out the clock and secure a victory. […]
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Douglas Lock Was A Big Packer Fan
Douglas Lock died suddenly on Feb 26, 2018 at Viera Hospital in Melbourne Florida. He was on born on Feb 6, 1953 to Ronald and Betty (Spidle) Lock in Racine Wisconsin. He graduated from Horlick High School Class of ‘71. Doug worked as a machinist for 25 years at Jacobsen Textron until their closing and […]
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5 Wisconsin sports questions for 2018
The year of 2017 A.D. was another successful sojourn around the sun for Wisconsin sports teams. The professional teams had thrilling playoff games (or in the case of the Milwaukee Brewers: a thrilling playoff chase), two college basketball teams made the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, and the Wisconsin Badgers won a pair of New Year’s Six […]
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Brett Hundley can keep playoff hopes alive
The Super Bowl aspirations of the Green Bay Packers pretty much vanished when Aaron Rodgers broke his right collarbone. The problem the Packers face is that there are only two realistic paths for NFL teams to win the Super Bowl. The first path involves a historically good defense and the second path involves an elite […]
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Locals Perform with Marching Band At Lambeau Field
If you were watching the Green Bay Packers home game open at Lambeau Field on Sunday, you might have recognized some familiar faces during the half-time show. The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawk Marching Band took the field during the halftime show and seven members of the band hail from Racine County. Here are the locals […]
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Suit Filed Against Chicago Bears, NFL Over Wearing Gear
A man from Mount Pleasant, who happens to be a Chicago Bears season-ticket holder and a Green Bay Packer fan, has filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Bears and the NFL for the right to wear the gear of his choosing, according to a story by Patch. Russell Beckman’s passion for wearing his Green Bay […]
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Packers Address Key Needs In NFL Draft
There’s nothing like the start of a new football season and the NFL draft kicks it all off. Sure, no games are played and it occurs five months before the season starts. Even so, the draft has a similar feel to opening day in baseball. Every player selected is a potential superstar, and if they […]
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UPDATE: Frank Lamping Inducted Into Green Bay Packers Fan Hall of Fame
UPDATE: Frank Lamping did it! He became the newest member of the Green Bay Packers FAN Hall of Fame. The announcement was made at a press conference held in Green Bay at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Lamping, who lives in Union Grove, said he couldn’t believe that he had won. He was among 350 people nominated for […]
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There Are Worse Ways To Lose
The Green Bay Packers were absolutely throttled by the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game on Sunday. The final score (44-21) does not properly express how much of bummer this game was from start to finish. Even so, if you are going to lose a playoff game you may as well go down in flames. The Packers […]
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Aaron Rodgers is the NFL’s Greatest Boogeyman
What makes the “who’s the quarterback of all-time?” debate so much fun is that the question has no answer. You can argue that Peyton Manning is the greatest QB that ever played because he has the best stats. You would be equally correct to argue that Joe Montana is the best because he went 4-0 in […]
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Obituary: Richard C. Gerardo Loved The Green Bay Packers
Richard C. Gerardo, age 74, passed away Sunday, at Ridgewood Care Center. Richard was born in Racine, September 8, 1942, son of the late Catarino and Juanita (Nee: Rodriguez) Gerardo. Richard was a graduate of Washington Park High School “Class of 1960”. On September 4, 1965 he was united in marriage to Rose M. Slifer. […]
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Mike McCarthy Is Officially Off The Hot Seat
Less than one month ago the Green Bay Packers were toast. They had just lost their 4th consecutive game and dropped to 4-6 on the season. Not only did they seem destined to miss the playoffs, but it seemed like the end of the Mike McCarthy Era was near. Oh, how quickly things can change. After winning their […]
