Raymond Rivard
I am an award-winning journalist and photographer and have been editor of two weekly newspapers in northern Wisconsin for the past 23 years.
My love of the Green Bay Packers moved me to write columns for select websites in the mid- to late-1990s under the pen name of Apackphan. The opportunity to continue with lombardiave.com under that same pen name has been rewarding. Getting back into blogging has allowed me to renew the love of a team I have followed since I was a young boy.
Dom Capers – his name turned from admired to goat after the dust cleared from the San Francisco 49ers‘ pounding of the Green Bay Packers is last season’s NFL Divisional Playoff…Read More
Hey Packers fans! Do you have $40 burning a hole in your pocket?
If you do, you might want to fork it over for the “Green Bay Pacers Hall of Fame Inc. Opoly,” the newest board game developed…Read More
When Bryan Bulaga was drafted out of Iowa in 2010 he was proclaimed as the heir apparent to an aging Chad Clifton who had manned the Green Bay Packers tackle position for years.
Bulaga never got the chance…Read More
We all know that Ted Thompson is a pretty good evaluator of talent – it will be interesting if any of his finds in the undrafted ranks will stand the time like one who played with the Green Bay…Read More
Former Green Bay Packers cornerback Charles Woodson missed a gob of games last season because of the broken collarbone he suffered for the second time in three years – yet he was still voted the…Read More
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Here’s our attempt once again to at least bring a smile to your face. In this week that started…Read More
In 10 days, the Green Bay Packers will once again host one of their most unique events, the Tailate…Read More
The NFL doesn’t stand still and neither do the teams that make up the league – and that…Read More
We all know about the chip Aaron Rodgers has been carrying around for years - you know the one that…Read More
It won’t be long until we know what Green Bay Packers second round draft pick Eddie Lacy looks…Read More
Heading into the NFL Draft last week, the Green Bay Packers had many holes to fill, but with only eight…Read More
Al Harris gave it all he could and he knew that when it came time for him to hang it up, he would…Read More
August 9, 2012, San Diego, CA: Green Bay Packers fans Crystal Sanchez and Peter Vasquez support the…Read More
Just about every draft expert this week has been high on the work that Green Bay Packers Ted Thompson…Read More
We wonder what Reggie White would have thought.
The man White teamed up with on the football field to…Read More
The news this afternoon that former Green Bay Packer Al Harris has formerly asked the Packers franchise…Read More
Former Green Bay Packers cornerback Charles Woodson has been sitting without a team, without any interest…Read More
By Eric Balkman
of Lombardiave.com
Despite all of the excitement around Green Bay over the past 72 hours,…Read More
Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy didn’t send any mixed messages last weekend when they expended…Read More
If you happen to be in Green Bay near the end of May and into June, you will have the opportunity to…Read More
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