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Coming off a bruising season-opener loss to the Minnesota Vikings, the Green Bay Packers had something to prove on Sunday Night Football last night up against the Chicago Bears. With Elgton Jenkins back on the line, Wisconsin's finest put it all out on Lambeau Field and took down the Windy City crew 27-10 at home. The…

Aaron Rodgers had an answer today on a most valuable player voter, and he didn’t state it in the form of a question. The former Jeopardy! host and current Green Bay Packers quarterback called out Chicago-area radio interviewer/newsletter editor Hub Arkush, who refused to vote for Rodgers as NFL MVP because he's…

Paul Hornung, the so-called “Golden Boy” running back who starred for Notre Dame and in the 1960s championship years of the NFL’s Green Bay Packers, died today in his hometown of Louisville, KY. He was 84. No cause of death was given by the Louisville Sports Commission. Hornung is one of only seven players to win the…

It was a good win for the Green Bay Packers, but maybe even a bigger win for Sunday Night Football last night – at least compared to last week. As well as breaking news from the New York Times of the long hidden reality of Donald Trump's taxes and finances, Green Bay's match up with the New Orleans Saints faced the…

UPDATE: There has been an adjustment to the fast affiliate rating for the American Music Awards. The ABC telecast earned a 1.8 rating and 6.73 million viewers, which is steady with last year. PREVIOUS: It’s no surprise that Sunday Night Football saw a wild increase in ratings with two of the NFL’s biggest teams going…

UPDATED, 12:55 PM: It may have been the matchup, it may have been the drama in the Philadelphia Eagles' 34-27 win over the Green Bay Packers, or it may have been all of the above. Regardless, the debut of Thursday Night Football this season on Fox was a rocket-fueled lift-off for the network as Premiere Week started…

UPDATE, 12:47 PM: The NFL's 100th season is officially underway and last night's Green Bay Packers' winning kickoff game against the Chicago Bears looks to have gotten things off on the right foot. The match-up snagged an audience of 22.0 million for NBC from 8:23 – 11:30 PM on Thursday. That's up 15.7% over the…

Departing from its usual custom of allowing the Super Bowl champions to host the opening game of the following season, the NFL said its 100th season will open with the league’s oldest rivalry, between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers. NBC will host the contest on Thursday, September 5, under a rights deal that…

There was a lot of push, pull and more than a few nice moves by quarterback Aaron Rodgers but in the end the Green Bay Packers' 33-30 victory over the San Francisco 49ers last night came down to that last-minute field goal by Mason Crosby. A dramatic end to a more dramatic than usual Monday Night Football that was…

CAA will create commercial opportunities for Rodgers — a Super Bowl champ and two-time NFL MVP, — in such areas as film, television, endorsements, speaking, business development, digital media, publishing and philanthropy, among others. "I have always been interested in exploring ways to parlay the things I am most…

A handful of Green Bay Packer football players are now going for their close-ups. Fullback John Kuhn and former right tackle Mark Tauscher, running back Ahman Green and defensive end Michael Montgomery — along with former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell are co-starring in an indie comedy about an avid fan…

The Green Bay Packers have a national following and so do the Washington Redskins — with the latter drawing even more attention in recent years because of its nickname. Those facts and perhaps bitter-cold weather in much of the country helped Fox score TV’s biggest audience and rating since Super Bowl XLIX in February…