Lambeau Field's Mystique Only Increases With Age
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The Giants get their first look at Lambeau Field today, where the myth and the reality live side by side.
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teve Mariucci, coaching in the state of his birth, is an optimist who still leaves tickets at Ford Field for his parents. His Detroit Lions, one of the surprise teams in the National Football
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Just the other night, he looked at the ticket that he has saved all these years and offered himself congratulations for living up to his promise. It is dated Jan. 22, 1984, the stub from Super Bowl XVIII in Tampa, and Steve Spagnuolo remembers what he said to himself after the Raiders' 38-9 win over the Redskins ...
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The corn lining the outfield is tall again this year. The white farmhouse, wraparound porch and picket fence appear unaffected by time. The mythic baseball diamond and lush outfield look just like they did in the film made 17 years ago.
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Until Sunday, the Philadelphia Eagles hadn&#39;t played a football game in this town in 20 years. As far as the demoralized Detroit Lions and their deflated fans were concerned, it wasn&#39;t long enough.
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The c-c-cold couldn't stop Herb Kochon, who took as many pictures as he could at his first game at Lambeau Field. Kochon, a lifelong Packers fan from Atlantic Highlands, N.J., said he made the pilgrimage to Vince Lombardi's grave in nearby Middletown and had the photos to prove it.
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A franchise long labeled a wasteland among the otherwise fertile fields of the NFL finally has a home of its own. And this is no one-bedroom fixer-upper. This is a $465 million palace.
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It was easy for the Green Bay Packers fans to find a bright spot Sunday, despite their teamâs 28-25 loss to Jacksonville. Sure, the Packers, whose home record
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Green Bay Packers president Bob Harlan called Reggie White last year to set up a date to retire his No. 92. In the storied history of the Packers, only four numbers have been retired and none since Ray Nitschke more than 30 years ago.
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Something tells me that 41 years ago when the owners of 24 professional football teams - 15 in the NFL, nine in the AFL - sat down to discuss a playoff game between their respective champions, total harmony did not exist. Chances are pretty good the majority of those owners couldn't agree what day it was.
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The best athletes  can sense every  play before it even  happens. Coaches  have long assumed  that this magical  "field sense" was  unteachable. Maybe  they were wrong.
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They needed room to breathe - some space, if you will. The only thing is, major league ballparks built in 1912 never took into account what the media presence would be 95 years later, so the Colorado Rockies were going to have to make the best of their accommodations within the cozy confines of Fenway Park.
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A year before Reggie White arrived in Green Bay, the city&#39;s storied National Football League franchise had already begun its resurgence.
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FOXBOROUGH -- Kickers and punters, like Rodney Dangerfield, get no respect. This is true on the field, in the locker room, and, most of all, behind the walls of the Hall of Fame.
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You didn&#39;t even have to enter Paul Brown Stadium to find that Monday Night Football still packs magic. Two bare-chested, 20-year-old men in the orange-and-white, horizontally striped leg tights.
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In recent years, more and more NFL players are retiring at the top of their game.
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The rise of Louisville football has more to do with 21st-century marketing than 20th-century tradition.