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Brett Favre's rise and fall is focus of Netflix upcoming sports documentary series
Christopher Kuhagen
Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre has a legacy that puts him among the greatest of all time on the football field.
Off the field, including in his post-playing days, his legacy is much more complicated and controversial.
Netflix, in partnership with sports media company Front Office Sports, will chronicle the rise and fall of the football legend in "The Fall of Favre."
The one-hour feature, as part of Netflix's "Untold" sports documentary series, will air on the streaming service May 20.
The feature will discuss the harassment allegations levied against Favre during his one season with the New York Jets by a team host as well as the welfare scandal that he has been embroiled in over the last several years.
Front Office Sports said the feature showcases "the womanizing, hard-partying QB whose secrets were fiercely protected in provincial Green Bay."
Favre spent 16 years with the Packers, where he won three MVPs and led the team to the Super Bowl after the 1996 season.
When Favre played for the Jets after his run in Green Bay, team host Jenn Sterger alleged he harassed her in 2008. The NFL found that Favre didn't violate its workplace conduct policy, though the quarterback admitted to sending Sterger voicemails.
Favre, who retired from the NFL after the 2010 season, has also been linked to a fraud scheme in his home state of Mississippi that dates several years. State funds totaling $77 million for needy families were allegedly used to pay for other projects, including those that Favre advocated for, like a volleyball facility at Southern Mississippi.
Favre hasn't been charged with a crime and has denied any wrongdoing.
He has said in the past that his name has been "unjustly smeared in the media." In 2023, Favre sued sports TV personalities Shannon Sharpe and Pat McAfee for defamation, as well as Mississippi State Auditor Shad White.
Mississippi also sued Favre in a civil case that sought to recover misspent welfare money.
Favre, according to Netflix and Front Office Sports, declined to be interviewed for the feature.
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Thursday, March 27, 2025
Elon Musk gives $1 million to a Green Bay voter ahead of the Wisconsin Supreme Court election
Daniel BiceAlison Dirr
Billionaire Elon Musk has thrown another $1 million into next week's Wisconsin Supreme Court race — but unlike his most recent spending on attack ads and canvassers, he said this sum went to just one voter.
Musk took to X, the social media platform he owns, to announce Wednesday evening that "Scott A." from Green Bay had won the sum for signing Musk's "Petition In Opposition To Activist Judges."
The petition was announced late last week on the X account of Musk's super PAC, America PAC. It offers $100 in cash to people who sign the election petition but does not mention a $1 million giveaway.
The PAC would then use the demographic information from the petition to make sure people vote in the high-stakes Wisconsin election on Tuesday.
The $1 million giveaway was initially announced by America PAC, though the super PAC's spending records make no mention of that payment. More than $2 million in independent expenditures in recent days have been for texting, field operations and canvassing.
In offering the large payout, Musk is resurfacing a mechanism he used in the November presidential election, when he offered $1 million sweepstakes payments to registered pro-Donald Trump voters in seven swing states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — who signed a petition.
The U.S. Department of Justice in October warned him that the actions might be illegal and Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, a Democrat, also sued to try to block the contest in Pennsylvania.
A Pennsylvania state judge in November allowed the giveaway to proceed.
Musk wrote that the next award would be announced Friday.
He has spent about $20 million backing conservative Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel in Tuesday's election, when Schimel will go head-to-head against liberal Dane County Judge Susan Crawford.
Musk's spending has made him the single largest spender in the race that an election watchdog group has predicted could top a record-breaking $100 million in spending.
Crawford's campaign spokesman slammed Musk and Schimel over the payouts.
"It turns out that Schimel is such a bad candidate that Elon Musk will spend whatever it takes to prop up Schimel’s failing campaign in a corrupt attempt to buy influence on the Supreme Court for his company's lawsuit," spokesman Derrick Honeyman said in a statement, referencing the lawsuit by another Musk company, Tesla, against the State of Wisconsin. "It's corrupt, it's extreme, and it's disgraceful to our state and judiciary."
Schimel's campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment, though he has said he does not control Musk's spending.
Contact Daniel Bice at (414) 313-6684 or dbice@jrn.com. Follow him on X at @DanielBice or on Facebook at fb.me/daniel.bice.
Alison Dirr can be reached at adirr@jrn.com.
Thursday, January 16, 2025
The garbage truck Donald Trump rode while in Green Bay will be present for Inauguration Day
Rashad Alexander
That moment went viral, and it will now be revisited again on Monday, for Inauguration Day.
Three Trump-decaled trucks are expected to make an appearance Monday near the U.S. Capitol when Trump is sworn into office. One truck will be driven during the Inauguration's parade, while the other two will be on display.
The trucks are being provided by Loadmaster, a truck manufacturing company in Norway, Michigan, which is about 100 miles north of Green Bay.
Ethan Brisson, the sales and marketing manager for Loadmaster, confirmed the accommodations with the Press-Gazette, and recounted the day they were contacted to get a truck for the now elected president who he was headed to a campaign event at the Resch Center in Ashwaubenon.
"A guy that worked for a large waste hauler in Wisconsin contacted our office. He's very involved with the Wisconsin GOP," Brisson told the Press-Gazette. "My brother took the phone call and basically just brought a truck down there."
Days earlier at a Trump rally in New York, one speaker referred to Puerto Rico as a "floating island of garbage." President Joe Biden responded to that comment by appearing to refer to Trump supporters as "garbage."
The garbage truck was Trump's response.
The original truck, which will be in D.C., was then displayed in Indianapolis, because that was the location of the dealer who owned the truck. All three trucks are already in D.C. for the inauguration.
Brisson said his brother, Andrew, who is the vice president of Loadmaster, will drive the truck during the inauguration parade.
"It's a big thing for us. We're kind of a smaller company and it's a lot of press for us," Ethan Brisson said. "We're just trying to get our name out there."
During the speech, Trump wore an orange safety vest that was provided by Andrew Brison, who bought it from a local Fleet Farm. They had wanted the vest back as a memento, but Trump wore it on the plane leaving the Green Bay area that night.
Rashad Alexander can be reached at ralexander@gannett.com and 920-431-8214.
Saturday, October 26, 2024
Packers legend Brett Favre to join Donald Trump at Green Bay event Wednesday
Alison Dirr
Hall of Fame ex-Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre will join former President Donald Trump at his event in Green Bay on Wednesday, according to the campaign.
Favre will be a special guest speaker at the event that will take place less than a week before the Nov. 5 election in which Trump and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris are each vying for the White House.
Trump and Favre are expected to make remarks at the Resch Center in the Green Bay suburb of Ashwaubenon.
The candidates and their campaigns are each crisscrossing this critical swing state in the final days before the election. Trump will also be in Milwaukee next week while Harris will hold a rally in Madison.
Favre played 20 years in the NFL.
He was known as an ironman during his career, starting an NFL-record 321 consecutive games across 18½ seasons from 1992 to 2010.
He began his career with the Atlanta Falcons before being traded to the Packers in his second year, a transaction that changed the course of the organization. He became the first player in NFL history to win three straight MVP awards and turned the Packers into a perennial contender. Favre led Green Bay to a Super Bowl title after the 1996 season, its first in 35 years, and another Super Bowl appearance in 1997.
The Packers traded him to the New York Jets after he came out of retirement in 2008. He spent one season there before playing the final two years of his career with the Minnesota Vikings.
Favre, 55, announced last month that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, a movement disorder that affects the nervous system.
Favre suffered numerous concussions during his playing career.
He announced the diagnosis during testimony at a congressional committee meeting about the misuse of federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds in Mississippi.
Favre, a native of Mississippi, is embroiled in the scandal but has not been charged with a crime. He has denied wrongdoing.
(This story has been updated to add new information.)
Christopher Kuhagen and JR Radcliffe of the Journal Sentinel staff contributed to this story.
Friday, October 25, 2024
Donald Trump schedules campaign rally in Green Bay days before the election
Lawrence Andrea
Former President Donald Trump will return to northeastern Wisconsin next week to rally voters just days before the Nov. 5 election.
Trump is expected to deliver remarks Wednesday evening at the Resch Center in the Green Bay suburb of Ashwaubenon, according to his campaign. An advisory for the event suggested Trump would center his remarks on the economy. He's expected to speak about 6 p.m.
The visit is scheduled just six days before the election and as surveys show a neck-and-neck race in Wisconsin. A handful of recent polls have shown the race dead even, and a Bloomberg News/Morning Consult survey on Thursday showed Trump edging Harris by just 0.3 points.
Wednesday's event would also mark Trump's second stop in Green Bay this year. He made his first stop in the battleground state in April, when he rallied voters in a downtown Green Bay convention center. Trump's running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, stopped in De Pere in late August.
More:Trump, Harris are ramping up their travel in Wisconsin. See all the places they've been
Both Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, and their surrogates, have barnstormed the state in recent weeks. Wisconsin will be among a handful of states that will decide the election.
Harris held an event with former Republican GOP Rep. Liz Cheney in Brookfield on Monday, and former President Barack Obama rallied voters with Harris' running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, in Madison on the first day of early, in-person voting on Tuesday.
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Green Bay Common Council reduces penalties for possession of marijuana
GREEN BAY (NBC 26) — The Green Bay Common Council voted unanimously Tuesday to lower the penalty for possession of marijuana. The council approved an ordinance that reduces the citation for possession of 28 grams or less down to $0, excluding $61 in court costs. The same change applies to the citation for consumption of marijuana so long as it’s in a private space.
The penalties for consumption of marijuana in public and possession of more than 28 grams, which both carry a maximum citation of $500, will remain the same.
In addition, the ordinance also sets a new penalty for possession of marijuana paraphernalia. While it previously carried the same penalty as possession of all other drug paraphernalia, this ordinance will make it so that the citation for possession of marijuana paraphernalia is equivalent to the citation for possession of marijuana.
A separate section of the ordinance addresses persons under 21 years of age. Anyone under 21-years-old who is in possession of 28 grams or less, is in possession of marijuana paraphernalia, or who consumes marijuana may receive a maximum citation of $100, or $187 including court costs, regardless of whether they are in a public or private space.
One reason why many support loosening the penalties for marijuana use is that they disproportionately affect people of color. Last week, the Green Bay Law Department released demographics surrounding the city's marijuana charges. While the Black community represents just 5% of Green Bay’s population, they make up about 26% of cannabis related-arrests.
However, others may be more hesitant to relax the restrictions. Alderperson John Vanderleest voiced his concern about reducing the fines at a Protection and Policy Committee meeting last week, citing an accident involving marijuana consumption that killed two on Packerland Drive two years ago.
"We should keep it a little bit higher so that people realize that it’s not really a legal drug to be using,” Vanderleest said.
Lieutenant Steve Mahony says the Green Bay Police Department will continue to enforce marijuana penalties as normal. Although fines may be lower, he says officers will continue to use their discretion when issuing citations.
“We’re not going to change any of our enforcement action," Mahony said. "We’re going to instruct our officers to enforce it the way they have before. We don’t set the fines, we just enforce the ordinances.”
Assistant City Attorney Rachel Maes says the amended penalties need to have a second reading, which will take place on March 15th. The changes would go into effect upon publication within a few days of the second reading.
Sunday, January 23, 2022
Packers eliminated, 49ers advance to NFC title game
GREEN BAY, Wis. - Robbie Gould continued his playoff perfection and moved the San Francisco 49ers one step away from their second Super Bowl appearance in three seasons with a 45-yard field goal as time expired for a 13-10 upset of Green Bay on Saturday night.
"I always trust Robbie. He’s as good as gold, man," Niners quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo said. "He always is."
The 49ers (12-7) continued their postseason hex on Rodgers and advanced to an NFC championship game matchup Jan. 30 at either the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (14-4) or Los Angeles Rams (13-5). Those teams play Sunday in Tampa.
San Francisco's win, coupled with the Cincinnati Bengals' 19-16 victory over the Tennessee Titans earlier in the day, marked the first time both No. 1 seeds lost in the divisional round in the same season since 2010. Green Bay won at Atlanta and the New York Jets won at New England that season.
Aaron Rodgers is sacked during the NFC Divisional playoff game against the San Francisco 49ers at Lambeau Field on Jan. 22. (Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images)
"It’s dangerous, man. When a team gets hot, it’s dangerous," Garoppolo added. "So we’ve just got to keep this thing going, focus on next week now, and keep this thing rolling."
Rodgers went 19 of 25 for 221 yards and dropped to 0-4 in career playoff matchups against the 49ers. San Francisco beat the Packers 37-20 in the NFC championship game two seasons ago before losing 31-20 to the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl.
The Packers (13-5) earned the NFC’s top seed for a second straight season but again failed to reach the big game as the 49ers rallied by scoring 10 unanswered points in the final five minutes.
San Francisco tied the game with 4:41 left thanks to a breakdown by Green Bay’s special teams, the Packers’ biggest weakness all season.
Jordan Willis’ outstretched left hand blocked a punt by Corey Bojorquez, who was kicking from the front of his end zone. Talanoa Hufanga picked up the ball at the 6-yard line and ran it in to make it 10-10.
After the Packers went three-and-out, the 49ers got the ball back at their 29 with 3:20 left and drove into field-goal range. Deebo Samuel delivered a 9-yard run on third-and-8 from the Green Bay 38, and the 49ers ran down the clock to set up Gould.
A.J. Dillon’s 6-yard touchdown run capped a 69-yard drive on the game’s opening possession that put the Packers ahead 7-0. Green Bay’s offense didn’t do much of anything after that.
Green Bay's special teams fared even worse.
Well before that blocked punt, San Francisco's Jimmie Ward blocked a 39-yard field-goal attempt from Mason Crosby on the final play of the first half, preventing the Packers from extending their lead to 10-0. The Packers also allowed Samuel to return the second-half kickoff 45 yards, setting up the 49ers' first field goal.
San Francisco won by overcoming a brutal start from its offense. The 49ers had minus-10 yards in their first four series, three of which included third-down sacks. It was the first time the 49ers had opened a game with four straight three-and-outs since a 27-24 loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Sept. 27, 2009.
San Francisco didn’t get a single first down or pass completion until Garoppolo connected with George Kittle on a 15-yard gain with less than 6 ½ minutes left in the second quarter. Garoppolo was just 9 of 17 for 105 yards with an interception, but the 49ers still managed to win.
"It took everything," Garoppolo said. "We knew it was going to. I mean, it was just offense, defense, special teams - everybody stepping up and doing their part. Wouldn’t have it any other way."
Tundra
The temperature at kickoff was 14 degrees with a wind chill of zero, making it the fifth-coldest playoff game in Lambeau Field history. The second half was played amid snow flurries.
Injuries
The Packers were without OT David Bakhtiari, a 2020 All-Pro selection. Bakhtiari played 27 snaps in the Packers’ regular-season finale, which marked his first game since tearing his left anterior cruciate ligament on Dec. 31, 2000.
Billy Turner, playing for the first time since suffering his own knee injury on Dec. 12, started in Bakhtiari’s place.
49ers running back Jeff Wilson left with an ankle injury after the opening kickoff. Packers safety Darnell Savage (back) and running back A.J. Dillon (chest) left in the third quarter.
Next up
The 49ers will be at either Tampa or the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC championship game on Jan. 30.
The Packers' season is over. Will Rodgers be back with the Pack?
From: https://www.fox6now.com/sports/packers-49ers-score-nfc-playoffs-012222
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