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Facing one last chance to avoid their dubious destiny, the Lions lost Sunday’s season finale to the Green Bay Packers to complete the league’s first 0-16 season.

Posted Sunday, December 28, 2008 5:30 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Football, Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions

Bears Have a Lot More Than Pride to Play For

The Bears now are 8-6, with 10 victories and the playoffs still in reach as they prepare for the Green Bay Packers, who visit Soldier Field on Monday night.

Posted Sunday, December 21, 2008 11:06 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Football, Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, Playoff Games

From Baghdad, Watching Favre Evokes Memories of Packers

Having seen and felt more during five years in Iraq than I can process or express for now, I am spending a lot of time trying to understand why the Green Bay Packers let Brett Favre go to the Jets.

Posted Tuesday, December 16, 2008 10:14 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Football, National Football League, Favre, Brett, Green Bay Packers, Iraq War (2003- )

N.F.L. Fast Forward: Amid Chaos, the Steelers Prove Steady Once Again

The Steelers might have bulldozed their way toward being the A.F.C.’s best team by manhandling the Patriots, but they’ll have to earn the title by going through a brutal December schedule.

Posted Monday, December 01, 2008 1:35 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Football, New York Jets, National Football League, Green Bay Packers, New England Patriots, Manning, Peyton, Rooney, Dan, Battista, Judy, Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, Pittsburgh Steelers, Indianapolis Colts, San Diego Chargers, Tennessee Titans, Cutler, Jay, Romo, Tony, Roethlisberger, Ben, Tomlin, Mike

Sports Of the Times: Other Area News Relegates Loss to Secondary Status

The Plaxico Burress fiasco, Stephon Marbury’s tension with the Knicks and the possibility of a Yankees free-agent signing have all overshadowed the Jets’ dreary defeat.

Posted Sunday, November 30, 2008 11:32 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Marbury, Stephon, New York Giants, New York Jets, Green Bay Packers, Denver Broncos, Burress, Plaxico, Pierce, Antonio

N.F.L. Roundup: Big Plays and Short Runs Keep the Panthers in First

DeAngelo Williams scored on his fourth 1-yard touchdown run with 1 minute 30 seconds left after a long kickoff return by Mark Jones and a big gain by Steve Smith on a deep pass from Jake Delhomme.

Posted Sunday, November 30, 2008 11:28 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Football, Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers

Bob Jeter, All-Pro for Packers, Is Dead at 71

Mr. Jeter was a former All-Pro cornerback who played in the first two Super Bowls with the Green Bay Packers.

Posted Friday, November 21, 2008 11:28 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Football, Deaths (Obituaries), Green Bay Packers, Jeter, Bob

Cheering Section: Lee Remmel Is Living a Personal History With the Packers

Remmel was a reporter for The Green Bay Press-Gazette before running the Packers’ public relations department and eventually serving as the team’s historian.

Posted Saturday, November 15, 2008 2:59 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Football, Green Bay Packers, History

Titans 19, Packers 16: Kicker Makes Up for Miss as Titans Remain Unbeaten

Rob Bironas kicked a 41-yard field goal with 9 minutes 36 seconds to go in overtime to keep the Tennessee Titans perfect with a victory against the Green Bay Packers.

Posted Sunday, November 02, 2008 7:29 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Football, Green Bay Packers, Tennessee Titans

Here Goes Nothing

Brett Favre, freethinking huckleberry in the N.F.L. industrial complex, tries to make something happen one last time.

Posted Thursday, October 30, 2008 3:26 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Football, New York Jets, National Football League, Favre, Brett, Green Bay Packers

Favre Plays Defense in Game of Telephone

Jets quarterback Brett Favre said Wednesday he gave former Detroit Lions President Matt Millen only cursory information about the Packers in the days before the two teams played earlier this season.

Posted Wednesday, October 22, 2008 5:11 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Football, New York Jets, Favre, Brett, Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions, Millen, Matt

Packers and Favre: The Book Isn’t Closed

Brett Favre will be asked at a press conference about a report that he shared information about the Packers with the Detroit Lions’ coaching staff before the teams played.

Posted Tuesday, October 21, 2008 10:39 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Football, Favre, Brett, Green Bay Packers, Coaches and Managers, Detroit Lions

The Brett Favre Backup Club

From Don Majkowski to Aaron Rodgers, 18 men belong to a small football fraternity of quarterbacks who played for the Packers during a 17-season stretch when few of them played at all.

Posted Thursday, October 09, 2008 9:16 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Football, Favre, Brett, Green Bay Packers, Rodgers, Aaron, Brunell, Mark, Bono, Steve, Detmer, Ty, Hasselbeck, Matt, Mirer, Rick, Majkowski, Don, McMahon, Jim

Mandarich Confesses Steroids Use, and Writes About It

Tony Mandarich, who flopped as an offensive lineman after being chosen second overall by Green Bay in the 1989 draft, is no longer denying that he took steroids.

Posted Tuesday, September 30, 2008 3:59 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Football, National Football League, Green Bay Packers, Steroids, Mandarich, Tony