AL HAMNIK: Cutler won't break the bank with days like that

CHICAGO | Jay Cutler will earn a reported $8.47 million next season. Makes your skin crawl, doesn't it?

Slumping Bears now struggling for their postseason lives

CHICAGO | Talking trash is OK if you work for the park district or streets and sanitation.

Briggs joins Marshall in unloading on Packers

LAKE FOREST | The NFL's oldest rivals are spicing up their Sunday showdown with some serious trash talk.

Aaron Rodgers is 2011 AP Male Athlete of Year

GREEN BAY, Wis. | When Aaron Rodgers needs to rekindle the feelings that drove his rise from a junior college quarterback to Super Bowl MVP, he doesn't have to look too far.

Schererville girl receives surprise package from Green Bay Packers quarterback

SCHERERVILLE | Six-year-old Erin Mauder received a surprise package Monday from Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

Packers give Bears a brutal reality check

CHICAGO | You won't find such precision surgery on "Grey's Anatomy" or "House." They have no one like this Aaron Rodgers guy. The all-pro quarterback carved up the Bears like a Thanksgiving turkey, passing for 297 yards and three touchdowns to Jermichael Finley in the Packers' 27-17 win Sunday.

Bears face another test in Rodgers, Packers

LAKE FOREST | Brian Urlacher was quick to praise Aaron Rodgers.

NFL INSIDER: Are you ready? I mean, ready?

I should get hazard pay for this.

Pack out to buck trend of recent champs' struggles

GREEN BAY, Wis. | Well aware of how recent Super Bowl champions have struggled to defend their titles, Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy put his statistical guru on the case.

NFL INSIDER: Forget defense. How 'bout a Texas shootout?

LAS VEGAS | In the (legal) sports betting capital of the world, the Packers are getting much love.

Woodson finds voice for Pack

GREEN BAY, Wis. | For a guy relatively new at giving locker room speeches, Charles Woodson certainly knows how to bring down the house.

Big-play D gives Packers trip to Super Bowl in Big D

B.J. Raji rumbled 18 yards into the end zone with 6 minutes, 4 seconds to play and Sam Shields halted a Bears rally in the closing minute as Green Bay hung on for a 21-14 victory Sunday in the NFC Championship Game at Soldier Field.

NFC Championship Gametracker: Give Ted Thompson the game ball

Wisconsin State Journal beat writer Jim Polzin recaps the Green Bay Packers' 21-14 victory over the Chicago Bears in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday at Soldier Field.

In Packers vs. Bears, it's really Rodgers vs. Cutler

Every element of each team is important, but the outcome will likely hinge on the play of quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers and Jay Cutler.

City concussion rule could lead to state law

CHICAGO | In the moments after Lee Toulon blacked out during a football game, he knew something was wrong. After coming to, he staggered over to the sideline. He had just suffered his third concussion.

Griffith family finds a home on the Packers' Mother Ship

Close your eyes and imagine a huge green and gold spaceship made of Wisconsin chedder hoovering above the state, sucking in all life forms like a giant vacuum.