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Brett Favre and the Vikings Need to Tweak Their Identity Against 49ers

Have you ever done a double take upon spotting your fabled wandering twin? According to urban myth, we all have a lost brother or sister-in-image roaming the earth at this very moment. Eerie run-ins with these passing self-likenesses do take place...

Written by Michael Priebe about 2 months ago 726 reads 3 comments
Watching Brett Favre: Vikings Week 1 at Cleveland

Will Brett Favre be in his own version of "training camp" as he leads the Minnessota Vikings Week 1 against the Cleveland Browns? Joe Theisman says that is essentially Favre's situation going into the first few weeks of the regular season...

Written by Michael Priebe about 2 months ago 112 reads 0 comments
Brett Favre's Strong Character Bodes Well for Vikings

Let's be clear about this: There is no Brett Favre experiment going on in Minnesota. His positive effect on the team is a lock...

Written by Michael Priebe about 3 months ago 820 reads 15 comments
Minnesota Vikings: Latest Report Raises Questions About a Brett Favre Signing

Sports Illustrated's Peter King wrote several weeks ago, "Brett Favre is controlled by emotion." It seems that seven weeks after Favre's shoulder/biceps surgery, Brett may still have to get a ...

Written by Michael Priebe about 4 months ago 812 reads 6 comments
The NBA's All-White Team: Our Favorite Icons of Pale

American-born whites are an increasingly endagered species in the National Basketball Association. This group of fair-skinned ballers comprise an approximate 11 percent of NBA rosters...

Written by Michael Priebe about 7 months ago 523 reads 9 comments
Tyler Hansbrough: On the Sure Path to NBA Mediocrity

Tyler Hansbrough is a great kid. He’s got great heart and hustle. He epitomizes the idea of a true student-athlete...

Written by Michael Priebe about 8 months ago 344 reads 8 comments
Brett Favre Can Steer Jets to Elite Status with Win over Titans

It's week 12 of the NFL season and the New York Jets are on the brink of "finding themselves." This year’s New York Jets are the Ellis Island of the NFL, welcoming players of all ages and circumstances, from lands far and wide...

Written by Michael Priebe about about 1 year ago 412 reads 1 comments
Packers Paranoia Simplified: There is a Solution to make Green Bay Happy Again

Have you ever been so blindly immersed in a situation that you can’t trust your own opinions? As a huge Green Bay Packers fan but an equally manic Brett Favre fan, that’s the ...

Written by Michael Priebe about about 1 year ago 253 reads 0 comments
The Addictive Dangers of Sport

Maniacal, obsessive, restless, and addictive: these are the trappings of the mind of a true sports fan. We are always looking for the next score. It is a never ending hunt to spike up...

Written by Michael Priebe about about 1 year ago 901 reads 3 comments
NCAA Sleeper: Can Marquette's Golden Eagles Soar from Under the Radar?

It's awful hard for a team to stomp through the NCAA tournament with no true big man and no marquee star. Perhaps that's why Marquette is overlooked this year as they get poised to begin battle in the South Region...

Written by Michael Priebe about about 1 year ago 1,098 reads 4 comments
Why Grown Men Cry: The Brett Favre Press Conference

In the wake of a media frenzy following Brett Favre's sort-of-leaked retirement decision, the man himself flew to Green Bay last Thursday to publicly lay his football career to rest...

Written by Michael Priebe about about 1 year ago 1,657 reads 12 comments
How the Packers Contributed to Brett Favre's Retirement

Darkness hangs over Wisconsin tonight as the shockwaves from Brett Favre's retirement announcement settle. No more Superman, no more daring feats to be seen. It isn't just the prospect of life without Favre that has Packer fans confused...

Written by Michael Priebe about about 1 year ago 829 reads 2 comments
A Legend Lost: Brett Favre Decides to Retire

The heart and soul of Green Bay Packers' football, iconic quarterback Brett Favre, has decided to retire. After several years of toying with the idea of trying life after football, it looks like Favre's post-NFL life has already begun...

Written by Michael Priebe about about 1 year ago 539 reads 0 comments
Brett Favre Retirement Talk Gets Even More Confusing

For a few brief moments on Thursday, the official Green Bay Packers’ website announced that Brett Favre had decided to retire...

Written by Michael Priebe about about 1 year ago 1,370 reads 7 comments
Michigan's Fab Five Revisited: An Undying Legacy

As a kid growing up playing basketball, watching basketball, and worshiping basketball, there was nothing more majestic than the University of Michigan's Fab Five. They were the essence of cool...

Written by Michael Priebe about about 1 year ago 1,456 reads 7 comments
Randy Moss Headed to Packers? That Ship has Sailed.

Remember Brett Favre's not-so-subtle lobbying to bring a tattered Randy Moss to Green Bay last year? Favre had no idea the type of offense that would eventually develop around him, and he badly wanted Moss...

Written by Michael Priebe about about 1 year ago 1,416 reads 13 comments
NFL Draft: Football Season Isn't Over

Although the excitement of weekly battles and the climax of the big game have passed for the 2007 NFL season, football season is just beginning...for 2008 that is...

Written by Michael Priebe about about 1 year ago 334 reads 0 comments
Brett Favre Sweeps Wisconsin Primary

Last night, Wisconsin set a state record for primary voter turnout. And as the nation's media turned its eyes to the Badger State, the talking heads had one name on their tongues: Brett Favre...

Written by Michael Priebe about about 1 year ago 1,072 reads 4 comments
Who's Smug in Sports? Tiger Woods and Phil Jackson, but Commentators Top List

Smug is defined as being highly self-satisfied. But there are a cluster of prickly symptoms leading to this diagnosis—most noticeably the ability to annoy others like a burning affliction of hemorrhoids...

Written by Michael Priebe about about 1 year ago 931 reads 4 comments
Koren Robinson and Brett Favre: Kiln-dred Spirits

In his younger NFL days, Brett Favre had a reputation for partying hard. His partying, though, wasn't the rock-star sort of revelry where "hard" refers to the sort of drugs being blasted into the bloodstream...

Written by Michael Priebe about about 1 year ago 1,918 reads 3 comments
Gut Instinct: A Few NFL Predictions for 2008

Call these predictions or call them a personal list of overt and/or deeply-hidden wishes. It doesn't matter; watch for these 2008 outcomes during next season. 1. The Giants win their division and Dallas is a wild-card...

Written by Michael Priebe about about 1 year ago 815 reads 0 comments
Super Bowl Bowl XLII: America Gets the Upset It's Been Craving

You wanted the Patriots to lose last night, didn't you?If you answered yes to this question, you are suddenly part of a rejuvenated majority of NFL fans...

Written by Michael Priebe about about 1 year ago 788 reads 3 comments
McCarthy's Strange Brew Created Packers' Offense

Who is going to be the playmaker this time? Should defenses be concerned about the infantry of not-famous receivers lined up to split the field, or that preppy-looking guy Grant in the backfield? ...

Written by Michael Priebe about about 1 year ago 436 reads 1 comments

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Michael Priebe Article Archive

Brett Favre and the Vikings Need to Tweak Their Identity Against 49ers

Watching Brett Favre: Vikings Week 1 at Cleveland

Brett Favre's Strong Character Bodes Well for Vikings

Minnesota Vikings: Latest Report Raises Questions About a Brett Favre Signing

The NBA's All-White Team: Our Favorite Icons of Pale

Tyler Hansbrough: On the Sure Path to NBA Mediocrity

Brett Favre Can Steer Jets to Elite Status with Win over Titans

Packers Paranoia Simplified: There is a Solution to make Green Bay Happy Again

The Addictive Dangers of Sport

NCAA Sleeper: Can Marquette's Golden Eagles Soar from Under the Radar?

Why Grown Men Cry: The Brett Favre Press Conference

How the Packers Contributed to Brett Favre's Retirement

A Legend Lost: Brett Favre Decides to Retire

Brett Favre Retirement Talk Gets Even More Confusing

Michigan's Fab Five Revisited: An Undying Legacy

Randy Moss Headed to Packers? That Ship has Sailed.

NFL Draft: Football Season Isn't Over

Brett Favre Sweeps Wisconsin Primary

Who's Smug in Sports? Tiger Woods and Phil Jackson, but Commentators Top List

Koren Robinson and Brett Favre: Kiln-dred Spirits

Gut Instinct: A Few NFL Predictions for 2008

Super Bowl Bowl XLII: America Gets the Upset It's Been Craving

McCarthy's Strange Brew Created Packers' Offense

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