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Packers Get Bargains: Ted Thompson for $2.5M, Mike McCarthy for $5M

The Green Bay Packers have announced a new contract for general manager Ted Thompson, who built their Super Bowl-winning roster, and they're close to a new deal with head coach Mike McCarthy, who guided that team to the title. According to Bob McGinn of the Journal Sentinel, Thompson will make about $2.5 million a year,...

Packers, Fans Revel in Super Season

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- The Green Bay Packers took one last chance to say goodbye to their fans and each other. Tuesday was a final day to publicly celebrate their Super Bowl-winning season, and the Packers did it in style in front of more than 56,000 fans who paid $5 to spend a final hour with their team for the first...

Packers Confident They Aren't Doomed to Repeat Recent NFC History

DALLAS -- The Green Bay Packers weren't intimidated by the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV. Not by Pittsburgh's top-rated defense. Nor by the Steelers' two championships during the previous five seasons. In an audacious move that would have given such paranoid coaching legends as the late George Allen heart attacks,...

One Last Time, Gritty Packers Overcome Unexpected Adversity

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Inside the Green Bay locker room at halftime, Charles Woodson was too choked up to say more than a few words. The former NFL Defensive Player of the Year and leader extraordinaire had a broken collarbone and would not finish Super Bowl XLV against the Pittsburgh Steelers. "I couldn't do it," Woodson...

Step by Step, Aaron Rodgers Making Packers His Own

DALLAS -- Green Bay is a football haven, charm oozing from every icicle and snow pile. But even the most charming of Titletowns has its fringe elements. In 2008, quarterback Aaron Rodgers was booed in his first practices and in the first Family Night scrimmage as the team's starter. Another individual who clearly lacks...