MILWAUKEE The Green Bay Packers came to Milwaukee in 1933 becauseof money. They'll abandon the city Sunday for the same reason.
When the scoreboard at County Stadium hits 00:00 sometime in theearly evening chill, the Packers will desert their home away fromhome and for the first time in 61 years, they will truly live up totheir name.
Their departure will end an era of simpler times in sports,leaving behind the memories of football played on a baseball diamond,of a crummy field and cramped sidelines among the scattered papercups and mud-caked infield.
There was a time when sports was mostly about emotion, loyaltyand being part of the community. Now it's …
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