Green Bay Packers

Rookie QB leads Bucs to first victory

By FRED GOODALL| AP| Sports

… 38-28 victory over the Green Bay Packers . In his first pro start ..... yards and two touchdowns for the Packers (4-4). He also threw ..... weaved 35 yards through the Packers to a clinching TD with 35 ..... of the picks 36 yards to the Packers 8 to set up Freeman's first …

Story|11/08/2009

Football fans tuning into games in big numbers

By RACHEL COHEN| AP| Sports

… In the NFL, it all starts with Brett Favre. On Oct. 5, when his Minnesota Vikings beat the team he once led, the Green Bay Packers , and the game earned the highest rating in ESPN's 30-year history. Favre's return to Green Bay last weekend gave …

Story|11/06/2009

Favre's return to Green Bay draws big TV audience

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… Green Bay was must-see viewing for NFL fans. Fox's national game Sunday, which was mainly the Vikings' 38-26 win over the Packers , was the network's second most-watched Sunday telecast since it started airing the NFL in 1994, with 29.8 million …

Story|11/03/2009

Woodson says it's hard to watch Michigan football

By LARRY LAGE| AP| Sports

… LARRY LAGE, AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. Charles Woodson says "it's hard to watch" Michigan play football. The Green Bay Packers cornerback says he's even getting flak from a current teammate who played for the Cincinnati Bearcats. "Can you believe …

Story|11/03/2009

Titans and Rams finally win, Colts stay unbeaten

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… it to the franchise that cast him aside as the Vikings beat the Packers 38-26 at Lambeau Field. If walking out to waves of loud ..... successor, Aaron Rodgers, sacking him six times. But with the Packers (4-3) on the verge of getting routed, Rodgers rebounded …

Story|11/02/2009

Brett Favre welcomed back to Lambeau _ with boos

By NANCY ARMOUR| AP| Sports

… for 16 years. "Packer fans cheer for the Packers first. I know that," Favre said after ..... change." Wisconsin has a bond with the Packers unlike anything else in pro sports and ..... impossible to ignore what Favre meant to the Packers , and the conflicting emotions were …

Story|11/02/2009

Favre shakes off boos, Vikings beat Packers 38-26

By CHRIS JENKINS| AP| Sports

… Minnesota Vikings beat the Green Bay Packers 38-26 at Lambeau on Sunday ..... Packer fans cheer for the Packers first," Favre said ..... raw tension between Favre, the Packers ' front office and the fans ..... him six times. But with the Packers (4-3) on the verge of …

Story|11/01/2009

Vikings WR Berrian active despite hamstring

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… Tight end Jermichael Finley was inactive for the Packers with a knee injury. Finley caught 6 passes for 128 yards and a touchdown in the Packers ' 30-23 loss at Minnesota Oct. 5. The Packers will be without center Jason Spitz because of …

Story|11/01/2009

Favre hears boos everywhere he turns at Lambeau

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… there were more whistles and jeers anytime the former Green Bay Packers icon got near the ball. This is Favre's first trip back to Green Bay since signing with the Vikings, the Packers ' loathsome rival. Favre showed flashes of the gunslinger …

Story|11/01/2009

just talked to a friend ... « Gretawire

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… who lives near Green Bay. I am curious what people think about Bret Favre returning to Green Bay tomorrow to play against the Packers . She told me the game is late - three thirty - which means that there will be long tail gating parties which can spell trouble …

Blogs|10/31/2009