Sports - Sept. 14, 2009
Green Bay Replay: Packers 21, Bears 15
The giddiness that permeated the Packers' preseason gave way to the bruising reality of the regular season. Fortunately for coach Mike McCarthy and a sellout crowd of 70,920, quarterback Aaron Rodgers hooked up with wide receiver Greg Jennings for a touchdown with 1 minute, 11 seconds left that erased a handful of mistakes and left the home team feeling good about its prospects for 2009.
Tags: packers, bears, aaron rodgers, jay cutler, greg jennings, lovie smith, lambeau field

Sports - March 23, 2009
Packers open '09 season on Sunday night vs. Bears
National Football League officials announced a portion of the 2009 schedule on Monday. The Packers open the season with a Sunday night game against Chicago and will play at Detroit on Thanksgiving Day.
Tags: packers, 2009 schedule, sunday night football, bears, lambeau field, thanksgiving, ford field

Sports - Dec. 23, 2008
Green Bay Replay: Bears 20, Packers 17 (OT)
It was hard to believe that the Bears were the team fighting for their playoff lives and the Packers had already been eliminated from the postseason hunt. Green Bay dominated its bitter rival for most of the game, but once again -- thanks to lackluster special-teams play -- was left scratching its head after another victory slipped away.
Tags: packers, bears, aaron rodgers, jarrett bush, mike mccarthy, lovie smith, nfc north

Sports - Dec. 22, 2008
Things to watch on "Monday Night Football"
The Packers play Chicago tonight in a nationally televised "Monday Night Football" matchup. Outside of the built-in fan bases of both teams, the game at Soldier Field is guaranteed to attract huge ratings amongst degenerate gamblers, desperate fantasy football owners, Tony Kornheiser lovers and haters, Hawaii residents fascinated by frigid weather and one other specialized demographic: Vikings fans. That's right, Minnesota must cheer for Green Bay.
Tags: packers, bears, monday night football, soldier field, aaron rodgers

Sports - Dec. 22, 2008
You couldn't pay me enough to bear tonight's Packers game
Call me a wimp, say I'm not a true fan ... but honestly you couldn't pay me to bear tonight's Packers game live.
Tags: Packers, Bears, Frozen Tundra, Solider Field, Lambeau, Rodgers, NFC

Sports - Dec. 19, 2008
Packers prepare to face the Bears and the elements
The folks who scheduled the Green Bay-Chicago matchup for "Monday Night Football" in late December knew it would be numbingly cold. Weather.com is forecasting a kickoff temperature between 7 and 12 degrees, with 16-mile per hour westerly winds creating a wind chill of -6 to -12. For last year's game on Dec. 23, the kickoff temperature was 16 degrees, and the wind chill was -2, with wind gusts of 40 miles per hour.
Tags: packers, bears, cold weather, mike mccarthy, lovie smith, soldier field, brady poppinga

Sports - Nov. 17, 2008
Green Bay Replay: Packers 37, Bears 3
Things couldn't have gone much better for the Packers Sunday afternoon at Lambeau Field. While they were absolutely annihilating rival Chicago by a historic 37-3 margin, the Vikings dropped a close game at Tampa Bay, thus creating a three-way tie for first place in the NFC North.
Tags: packers, bears, grant, jason hunter, a.j. hawk, brandon chillar, colin cole

Sports - Nov. 14, 2008
Packers' Hawk moves to the middle of the action
With starting middle linebacker Nick Barnett sidelined by a season-ending knee injury, former top draft pick A.J. Hawk will move to the middle for the first time in his football career. Hawk will handle the defensive calls for Green Bay in a pivotal game against rival Chicago Sunday afternoon at Lambeau Field.
Tags: packers, a.j. hawk, bears, brian urlacher, nick barnett, brandon chillar, desmond bishop

Marketplace - July 22, 2008
In appreciation of the "Anti Shirt"
There's one type of shirt that's even better than the ironic T-shirt, and for lack of an official name, I'll call it the "Anti Shirt." Or maybe for short, just the Ø Shirt.
Tags: t-shirt, ironic, shag, cubs, bears

Sports - March 5, 2008
Even Bears fans sad to see Brett go
Today's chicagotribune.com provides some solid Brett Favre retirement coverage. Seems even Flatlanders are sad.
Tags: Favre, Bears, Flatlanders, Chicago fans, retirement, Lovie Smith, Morrisey, Chicago Tribune, Urlacher, Rosenbloom

Sports - Dec. 24, 2007
Green Bay Replay: Bears 35, Packers 7
The weather conditions were brutal and so was the Packers' performance Sunday afternoon at Soldier Field.
Tags: packers, bears, mccarthy, favre, ryan, wind chill

Sports - Dec. 20, 2007
Packers-Bears faceoff takes on different tone
Sunday will mark the 175th meeting between Green Bay and Chicago and the roles are completely reversed from last year. The Packers are rolling; the Bears are reeling.
Tags: packers, bears, rivalry, lambeau field, soldier field, playoffs, favre, orton, lovie smith

Sports - Dec. 18, 2007
Bears show their Packers pride
Everybody's favorite symphonic bears -- The Leonard Bearstein Symphony Orchestra -- who have visited The Shops of Grand Avenue every holiday season for the the past five years have put on their Packers gear.
Tags: Packers, Bears, Bearstein Symphony Orchestra, Shops of Grand Avenue

Sports - Oct. 8, 2007
Green Bay Replay: Bears 27, Packers 20
For about 40 minutes Sunday night, the Packers had the look of a championship-caliber team. That's what made the implosion that followed so stunning.
Tags: packers, bears, sunday night football, favre, griese, madden, caliendo

Milwaukee Buzz - Feb. 5, 2007
Monday morning musings
My fingers are still thawing out at my keyboard, so it's taking me longer to write this than it should. But after a frigid, Super Bowl weekend, here are some of the ideas swirling in my pre-caffeinated brain.
Tags: super bowl, dogs, commercials, weather, bears