This early fall time of the year has to be just about the best time for weather — it’s mild just like in the spring, but without everything being all wet when we’re still trying to get rid of the snow. It’s just that it’s awfully hard to put out of your mind how the cold is just ...

This is going to be a rather odd Super Bowl Sunday on TV. Specifically on WLUC-TV6, since its NBC network will have a full day — as in about 20 to 22 hours — of the Big Game (big enough for me to capitalize it) and the Beijing Winter Olympics. So in observance of that, I’m going to ...

There are a couple ways I thought about starting today’s column, but I’ll begin with the most personal. Well, not really too personal unless you consider a piece of winter clothing as a warm, close companion, which I never have — it’s more something you have to deal with when it’s ...

What a first round of action from the NFL last weekend! I realized as I was looking at the results that almost half of this season’s playoff games — six of the 13 — were played on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. There’s four games this weekend, two during the conference championships ...

Isn’t it nice as a Packers’ fan to be able to watch all the wild-card playoff games this weekend with hardly a care in the world? You know you don’t have to fret about your favorite team losing, and you can also be comforted in that Aaron Rodgers is resting his pinky toe and a whole ...

Some pro football pundits have been talking about the unique nature of this week’s games, as it is the first time a Week 18 has ever been held. This extra week on the schedule was necessitated when the league added a 17th game to this year’s season for the first time. One given for ...