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Lori Nickel: This weekend, let’s remember Green Bay how it was then, and marvel at what it is now
Green Bay is both brightly familiar and utterly unrecognizable this weekend with this historic NFL draft. It’s impossible not ...
The first player ever picked in the NFL Draft didn’t play a minute as a professional: “There was no money in pro football”
Ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft, we take a look back at the event’s first ever No. 1 pick - a player who promptly walked away ...
He was the first player ever to be drafted in the NFL, but he never played a professional game
The NFL draft is broadcast live on television every year as millions tune in and hundreds of thousands more attend in person ...
My experience joining the 205,000 NFL fans for the draft at Lambeau Field in Green Bay
Parking and traffic is no joke, and you have to wait in line for many of the exhibits, but I think everyone should go and ...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Chicago Bears’ mostly obscure No. 10 picks in the NFL draft
This will be the 9th time — barring a trade — the Chicago Bears have owned the No. 10 pick. Yet, half of those players never played here.
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Today in Chicago History: Chicago Bears owner George Halas shocked when first child is born — and it’s a girl
Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago) 1923: A baby girl was born to Chicago Bears owner and coach George Halas. Virginia Halas McCaskey is the principal owner of ...