Murphy also was team representative to the NFL Players Association and was a driving force behind the players’ strike in 1982. His participation earned him the animus of Washington owner Jack Kent Cooke, who called Murphy a communist and told him, while he was injured in 1984, that he’d never play in the NFL again.

GREEN BAY – The Green Bay Packers Foundation will award $1.5 million in grants this year to 398 civic and charitable organizations across Wisconsin. This year's grants focus on the areas of arts and culture, athletics and education. A luncheon recognizing grant recipients is scheduled for noon Thursday in the Lambeau Field Atrium.

Here are our takeaways from the back-and-forth affair at Solider Field.

President/CEO Mark Murphy to be inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame

The Green Bay Packers’ outgoing president and CEO is about to have a permanent presence at Lambeau Field in the Hall of Fame. The Packers organization announced Monday that Mark Murphy will be inducted at the 54th Hall of Fame Induction Banquet on August 28,