Insights on NFL referee lockout

Daniel Colton, Staff Writer
October 9, 2012

Across the world, professional athletes are often considered role models, even heroes. The entire business of professional sports is geared around glorifying the players in order to boost viewing. This glorification process is eased by one fact: Sports stars are in natural positions for becoming heroes.... Read more »

Give a little: Packers play a different kind of ball for charity

James Jones, a wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers, participated in a charity basketball game with the DeForest Lions Club on April 20.

Jason Cuevas, Sports Editor
April 25, 2012

Jason Cuevas Sports Editor   With the NFL season still months away many local fans are missing out on their much loved Green Bay Packers. While there may not have been any football being played, some fans recently got to enjoy watching the players they admire show off their athletic skills in a... Read more »

Six new coaches face uphill battles

Sam Farmer, Sports Writer/Los Angeles Times
August 29, 2011

One is especially secretive. Another surprisingly candid. A third has turned back time (and turned down boom boxes), and a fourth has daily meetings with an irascible football legend nobody else ever sees. They are the NFL’s new head coaches _ six in all _ and each is faced with the monumental... Read more »

NFL coach emphasizes hard work as key to achieving life goals

Joseph Dorschel, Sports Editor
February 23, 2011

During Black History Month, the ideas of overcoming adversity, perseverance and ethics are prevalent themes to many. For Madison native Eric Studesville, running backs coach for the Denver Broncos, overcoming adversity starts with shaping and controlling one’s self. At the event held at the West and... Read more »