Rejoice, America! We won't face a national catastrophe. Not the triviality of defaulting on our financial commitments and perhaps triggering another recession—rather, the horror of an autumn without NFL football. With the owners' lockout resolved, we can soon return...

Make it Billionaires vs. Millionaires times two. For more than three months NFL owners have locked out players because the sides can't agree on how to split something like $9 billion in annual revenue. Now NBA owners, feeling hamstrung by a ridiculous salary system they created...

Lockout, injunction to halt the lockout, appeal for a temporary stay of the injunction, refusal to stay the injunction, appeal to a higher court, approval of the temporary stay, resumption of the lockout pending yet another ruling...

Many sports fans have their eyes on a labor showdown that threatens one of the pillars of their lives. No, not the battle in Madison over the future of public employees. The contract struggle between...

Aaron Rodgers has put on an imaginary championship belt after each touchdown this season. Here Clay Matthews has a real one for him (pic from ESPN.com)...

Much like the NFC Championship game, Special Teams are going to be an important part of the game. The Packers were able to win the field position battle against Chicago (when no one thought they would/could) and they need to carry that momentum into the big game. And while they won the battle by neutralizing Devin Hester, they still didn't manage to put together much on their own returns. The lack...

I’m still in that euphoric phase where I’m a little dumbfounded that this is actually happening, so forgive my ramblings! Heading in to this season, it was clear that the Packers had the pieces to put together a championship season, but 11 players on the IR later, it seemed less likely that the team could put together a playoff run. You’ll remember, the Packers lost to the Lions this seaso...

As a Packer fan, I�m not thrilled about playing the Bears. When it comes to rivalries as old as this one, it�s not as simple as who is the better team. I love how well the Packers have been playing and I think they can win, but you never know what can happen in a Bears/Packers game. One of the teams could be horrible the rest of the season but come out with a victory in this game. There's pride an...

Admit it, Packer fans. Your Super Bowl dreams didn't include the sublime notion of getting there by beating the Bears at Soldier Field in the NFC Championship Game. That's the task after the Packers' 48-21 demolition...

JJ Watt made the announcement moments ago on Twitter - he will be leaving the Badgers to enter the NFL draft.   "I will be a Wisconsin Badger for life, but at this time I have made the decision to enter the 2011 NFL Draft."   With the threat of a possible lockout for some or all of the 2011 NFL season, it was possible that Watt wouldn't try to capitalize on his stellar junior season and woul...