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Kevin Fischer is a veteran broadcaster, the recipient of over 150 major journalism awards from the Milwaukee Press Club, the Wisconsin Associated Press, the Northwest Broadcast News Association, the Wisconsin Bar Association, and others. He has been seen and heard on Milwaukee TV and radio stations for over three decades. A longtime aide to state Senate Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature, Kevin can be seen offering his views on the news on the public affairs program, "InterCHANGE," on Milwaukee Public Television Channel 10, and heard filling in on Newstalk 1130 WISN. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, and their lovely baby daughter, Kyla Audrey, in Franklin.
Forget the X's and O's, it's the WX
When it comes to the NFL title game this Sunday night at Lambeau, the media and the players are talking about it.It……………
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is the weather.
From the NY Times:
Questions often arise about why the news media seem to really like Favre. Whether he is viewed substantially differently than other top quarterbacks is debatable, but there is no doubt that he comes across as a bit of a throwback: folksy, funny, genuine in his answers and not afraid of addressing questions that others might fend off with a shield of clichés.
He was asked about the cold weather and the seeming advantage that Sunday’s forecast of single-digit temperatures would give the Packers. Favre admitted that he has never become used to the weather (he is from Mississippi, after all), but he said you just try to suck it up for three hours. The Packers practice indoors when it is cold.
“You live in it, but I’m not out there making snowmen,” Favre said.
When the Packers lost to the Bears in Chicago a few weeks ago, Favre acknowledged: “I was freezing. It was cold. It was miserable.” And the Bears, he said, handled it better than the Packers. So weather can be a factor; the question is which team allows it to be less of a factor, which is why the Giants are taking the let’s-not-talk-about-it approach.
Still, players and coaches are being asked a lot of questions about the weather. Quarterback Eli Manning said he would not wear gloves – he never has, and is not about to now – but seemed open to the idea of wearing glove (singular) on his nonthrowing hand. It may be a good idea, given the five fumbles he had in Buffalo (two of them lost to the Bills) a few weeks ago.
Let’s go to the experts at the Weather Channel.
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