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FORGET THE COWBOYS. THE PACK IS BACK, NOT ONLY IN THE HUNT FOR THE SUPER BOWL BUT ALSO IN OUR HEARTS

A foot of snow two weeks ago left Green Bay, Wisconsin, with a white Christmas and the Packers with a problem: Lambeau Field had to be cleared to prepare it for the National Football Conference divisional playoff game on Jan. 4. So Ted Eisenreich, the Packers' buildings supervisor, did what he usually does in similar situations. He put out the word in the mill town of 96,466 that he needed 200 shovelers to dig out the field at $6 an hour. Dozens had to be turned away, while still others offered to work for free. "I don't want the money," a...

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