LEADERS OF THE PACK

HOW BRETT FAVRE AND REGGIE WHITE HAVE RETURNED A TOWN AND ITS TEAM TO GREATNESS

Amazing how warm it was on Lambeau Field on Jan. 12. Standing in a wind-chill temperature way below zero, on a platform in the middle of the field, were select members of the Green Bay Packers, and standing in the stadium around them were 61,000 faithful, joyful, lungful fans. All of them were transported to a higher place than New Orleans, where the Packers will play the New England Patriots this Sunday. All of them were transported to an even better time than 1968, the last year the Packers went to the Super Bowl. That was then, this was now, and...

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