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Tuesday, May 07, 2013  The Escanaba native completed rookie camp this past weekend with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and got rewarded with a professional contract yesterday.

Saturday, April 27, 2013  The Green Bay Packers have picked Alabama running back Eddie Lacy in the second round of the NFL draft with the 61st overall selection.

Saturday, April 27, 2013  The Detroit Lions have taken Larry Warford in the third round of the NFL draft.

Friday, April 26, 2013  The Detroit Lions have selected Mississippi State cornerback Darius Slay in the second round of the NFL draft.

Friday, April 26, 2013  Aaron Rodgers and the Packers agree on a contract extension this afternoon.

Friday, April 26, 2013  The Green Bay Packers have selected UCLA defensive end Datone Jones with the 26th pick in the first round of the NFL draft.

Thursday, April 25, 2013  The Detroit Lions have selected BYU's Ziggy Ansah with the No. 5 overall pick in the NFL draft.

Thursday, April 18, 2013 

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  Green Bay Packers keep Tight End Jermichael Finley on the roster and pay up the $3 million bonus

Monday, February 04, 2013  The outage flipped a switch for the San Francisco 49ers, but the Ravens used a last-gasp defensive stand to hold on Sunday night, 34-31 Super Bowl win.

Monday, January 28, 2013  Whether the NFL's all-star game will return next season is a something the league will ponder the next few months after the NFC's 62-35 blowout of the AFC on Sunday.

Thursday, January 17, 2013  NMU alumnus Rockne Belmonte is living his dream as an ROTC cadet and his next dream is making it all the way to the NFL.

Monday, January 07, 2013  The Packers (12-5) play San Francisco (11-4-1) Saturday night in an NFC divisional game after beating Minnesota in the wild-card round. The 49ers are early 3-point favorites.

Sunday, January 06, 2013  Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers showed how dangerous they can be when they're at full strength Saturday night, overwhelming the Minnesota Vikings 24-10 in an NFC wild-card game that was never really close.

Monday, December 31, 2012  Peterson finished 9 yards shy of breaking Eric Dickerson's single-season rushing record, but he still powered the Vikings past the Packers 37-34 Sunday with 199 yards to set up a rematch at Lambeau Field in a first-round playoff game.