December 31
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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It's a good thing the Green Bay Packers and Arizona Cardinals appear headed for a post-season matchup. The top receivers for each team, Greg Jennings and Larry Fitzgerald, will need the extra game to try to outdo one another. It's happened before, in the off-season, when their burgeoning rivalry of mutual admiration began. When Jennings accepted an out-of-the-blue invitation from Fitzgerald to work out with other NFL stars last summer in his native Minneapolis, the two squared off at the pingpong table. Jennings won in Fitzgerald's home in early July."
November 29
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Those poor referees. Do you ever pity them? You should. Why? Because they really hear it from Greg Jennings. It starts with stunned wide eyes and gives way to displeasure . . . How could they miss that? Then the arms come out, palms up, pleading for reasoning. It's never disrespectful, but Jennings must make them understand: They got it wrong. Jennings is a lot of things besides a star wide receiver for the 7-4 Green Bay Packers - among them, a winner. He's going to be right. It takes a mountain of evidence to prove otherwise. His wife Nicole did it once. He swore he bought their little girl a SpongeBob yellow tennis racket from Wal-Mart. She says, slowly, that no, he bought the one with ..."
November 26
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
columnist Lori Nickel
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Greg Jennings was doing a promotional presentation at Miller Park in Milwaukee when two women marched right up to him and asked him for his phone number. They were members of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. They wanted his support, but Jennings had never heard of the organization. Now, Jennings has this thing, for as long as we have ever known him, and well before that. He really struggles with the word no. Surrounded by little kids tugging at him for an autograph, organizers leaning on him to move to the next spot and chants of "Greg! Greg! Greg over here!" being shouted in his ear from every direction, Jennings admired the women for their determination. He said yes. That's how ..."