Jeff Ash
@jeffash26.bsky.social
Many interests. News (38 years in the news biz in Wisconsin). Progressive politics. Pop culture. Vintage soul/R&B/rock LPs. Old sports cards. Baseball. Ballparks. Back roads. Dive bars with good food. Old muscle cars. Local + Packers historian (4 books).
Our Thanksgiving spread, expertly organized and prepared by our niece. Everything is outstanding. No room on the counter for the meatballs, the chocolate mousse pie or the sour cream apple pie.
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Our Thanksgiving spread, expertly organized and prepared by our niece. Everything is outstanding. No room on the counter for the meatballs, the chocolate mousse pie or the sour cream apple pie.
Here's your vintage throwback game-day scene for today's Packers-Lions game, complete with this vintage NFL serving tray from the early '70s for Thanksgiving. Noon CT kickoff on Fox from Ford Field in Detroit. Enjoy!
November 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Here's your vintage throwback game-day scene for today's Packers-Lions game, complete with this vintage NFL serving tray from the early '70s for Thanksgiving. Noon CT kickoff on Fox from Ford Field in Detroit. Enjoy!
Fox is showing today's Packers-Vikings game to the RED areas on this @506sports.bsky.social map (plus Hawaii). Noon CT kickoff from Lambeau Field with Joe Davis and Greg Olsen on the call.
November 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Fox is showing today's Packers-Vikings game to the RED areas on this @506sports.bsky.social map (plus Hawaii). Noon CT kickoff from Lambeau Field with Joe Davis and Greg Olsen on the call.
Here's your vintage throwback game-day scene for today's Packers-Vikings game. Noon CT kickoff from Lambeau Field on a mild November day in the 40s. Joe Davis and Greg Olsen on the call for Fox. Enjoy!
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Here's your vintage throwback game-day scene for today's Packers-Vikings game. Noon CT kickoff from Lambeau Field on a mild November day in the 40s. Joe Davis and Greg Olsen on the call for Fox. Enjoy!
Maybe so, but two blocks south of where we live in suburban Green Bay, Wisconsin, there's a house flying a Trump flag. Not the same one you see in this Google Maps grab from 2023. Now it's a red one.
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Maybe so, but two blocks south of where we live in suburban Green Bay, Wisconsin, there's a house flying a Trump flag. Not the same one you see in this Google Maps grab from 2023. Now it's a red one.
Just like the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 near O'Hare in Chicago in May 1979. I was on semester break from college, traveling by bus through Chicago that day on the way to the Baseball Hall of Fame. I picked up a paper in Cleveland the next morning. Its lead headline screamed the news.
November 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Just like the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 near O'Hare in Chicago in May 1979. I was on semester break from college, traveling by bus through Chicago that day on the way to the Baseball Hall of Fame. I picked up a paper in Cleveland the next morning. Its lead headline screamed the news.
45 years ago this week, in November 1980, the Packers were preparing for a game against the Vikings, as they are this week. This fan seemed as indecisive as coach Bart Starr's team was inconsistent, sitting at 4-6-1.
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
45 years ago this week, in November 1980, the Packers were preparing for a game against the Vikings, as they are this week. This fan seemed as indecisive as coach Bart Starr's team was inconsistent, sitting at 4-6-1.
TV update for far-flung Packers fans for Sunday's game vs. the Vikings ... Fox has added a bunch of stations in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kentucky, showing the game to the RED areas on this @506sports.bsky.social map. (Springfield, Mass., dropped.) Noon CT kickoff from Lambeau Field.
November 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
TV update for far-flung Packers fans for Sunday's game vs. the Vikings ... Fox has added a bunch of stations in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kentucky, showing the game to the RED areas on this @506sports.bsky.social map. (Springfield, Mass., dropped.) Noon CT kickoff from Lambeau Field.
Good TV map for far-flung Packers fans this week. Fox is showing Sunday's game vs. the Vikings to the RED areas on this @506sports.bsky.social map, plus Hawaii. Noon CT kickoff from Lambeau Field. Joe Davis and Greg Olsen on the call.
All of Sunday's NFL TV maps: 506sports.com/nfl.php?yr=2...
All of Sunday's NFL TV maps: 506sports.com/nfl.php?yr=2...
November 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Good TV map for far-flung Packers fans this week. Fox is showing Sunday's game vs. the Vikings to the RED areas on this @506sports.bsky.social map, plus Hawaii. Noon CT kickoff from Lambeau Field. Joe Davis and Greg Olsen on the call.
All of Sunday's NFL TV maps: 506sports.com/nfl.php?yr=2...
All of Sunday's NFL TV maps: 506sports.com/nfl.php?yr=2...
The Green Hornet knew the score, even way back in 1966. One of the bad guys in the premiere episode was a guy named ...
November 19, 2025 at 5:33 AM
The Green Hornet knew the score, even way back in 1966. One of the bad guys in the premiere episode was a guy named ...
Today's mail brings this well-loved, battered, creased 1957 Yankees' Power Hitters card. The last card I needed for the 1957-69 group card run. Now to free it from its PSA slab, the only one I've ever bought. Tips for doing so are welcome.
November 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Today's mail brings this well-loved, battered, creased 1957 Yankees' Power Hitters card. The last card I needed for the 1957-69 group card run. Now to free it from its PSA slab, the only one I've ever bought. Tips for doing so are welcome.
58 years ago today, on Friday, Nov. 17, 1967, "Stop and Listen" by The Shag, a Milwaukee group, was the top-selling single of the week at Stiller Music in Green Bay. It's kind of a garage-psych thing and is said to be one of the first anti-drug records. youtu.be/X33V9wEe-J0?...
November 17, 2025 at 11:48 PM
58 years ago today, on Friday, Nov. 17, 1967, "Stop and Listen" by The Shag, a Milwaukee group, was the top-selling single of the week at Stiller Music in Green Bay. It's kind of a garage-psych thing and is said to be one of the first anti-drug records. youtu.be/X33V9wEe-J0?...
No changes in today's TV map for far-flung Packers fans. Fox is showing the game to the GREEN areas on this @506sports.bsky.social map. (Sorry, northwestern Wisconsin. The Vikings also play at noon. Blame the NFL.)
November 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
No changes in today's TV map for far-flung Packers fans. Fox is showing the game to the GREEN areas on this @506sports.bsky.social map. (Sorry, northwestern Wisconsin. The Vikings also play at noon. Blame the NFL.)
Here's your vintage throwback game-day scene for today's Packers-Giants game. Noon CT kickoff on Fox from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Adam Amin and Drew Brees on the call. Enjoy!
November 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Here's your vintage throwback game-day scene for today's Packers-Giants game. Noon CT kickoff on Fox from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Adam Amin and Drew Brees on the call. Enjoy!
63 years ago today! Gentlemen!
November 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
63 years ago today! Gentlemen!
50 years ago tonight, on Thursday, Nov. 13, 1975, Chicago bluesman Luther Allison played a gig at Cat's Cradle, a small club/roadhouse/disco in Schofield, Wisconsin, just south of Wausau.
November 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
50 years ago tonight, on Thursday, Nov. 13, 1975, Chicago bluesman Luther Allison played a gig at Cat's Cradle, a small club/roadhouse/disco in Schofield, Wisconsin, just south of Wausau.
Grilling two 10-packs of Johnsonville brats tonight (one pack of regular brats, one pack of beer brats). We'll have three or four for dinner, then freeze the rest. Might be the last cookout for a while. Then again, maybe not. Always depends on the weather here in Wisconsin.
November 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Grilling two 10-packs of Johnsonville brats tonight (one pack of regular brats, one pack of beer brats). We'll have three or four for dinner, then freeze the rest. Might be the last cookout for a while. Then again, maybe not. Always depends on the weather here in Wisconsin.
Good morning from campus, where the UW-Green Bay women are hosting New Hampshire in a matinee.
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Good morning from campus, where the UW-Green Bay women are hosting New Hampshire in a matinee.
Today's mail brings this oddball card, the 1951 Bowman caricature card of White Sox manager Paul Richards. I dig oddball cards.
November 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Today's mail brings this oddball card, the 1951 Bowman caricature card of White Sox manager Paul Richards. I dig oddball cards.
60 years ago tonight, on Nov. 12, 1965, "Sonny and Cher, the royalty of folk-rock" -- as billed by the local paper -- headlined a show at the Brown County Arena in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Also on the bill: Len Berry, Danny Hutton, the Changing Times, the Front Line and the Enemies.
November 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
60 years ago tonight, on Nov. 12, 1965, "Sonny and Cher, the royalty of folk-rock" -- as billed by the local paper -- headlined a show at the Brown County Arena in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Also on the bill: Len Berry, Danny Hutton, the Changing Times, the Front Line and the Enemies.
Another tough TV map for far-flung Packers fans (and those in northwestern Wisconsin) this week. Fox is showing Sunday's game vs. the Giants to the GREEN areas on this @506sports.bsky.social map. Noon CT kickoff from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Adam Amin and Drew Brees on the call.
November 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Another tough TV map for far-flung Packers fans (and those in northwestern Wisconsin) this week. Fox is showing Sunday's game vs. the Giants to the GREEN areas on this @506sports.bsky.social map. Noon CT kickoff from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Adam Amin and Drew Brees on the call.
Coverage of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald from 50 years ago today -- Tuesday, Nov. 11, 1975 -- in the Toronto Star. That headline looks like it might have been in colored type, perhaps red. (6/6)
November 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Coverage of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald from 50 years ago today -- Tuesday, Nov. 11, 1975 -- in the Toronto Star. That headline looks like it might have been in colored type, perhaps red. (6/6)
Coverage of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald from 50 years ago today -- Tuesday, Nov. 11, 1975 -- in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, another Great Lakes port city and home to her fleet. (5/6)
November 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Coverage of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald from 50 years ago today -- Tuesday, Nov. 11, 1975 -- in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, another Great Lakes port city and home to her fleet. (5/6)
Coverage of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald from 50 years ago today -- Tuesday, Nov. 11, 1975 -- in the Green Bay Press-Gazette, another Great Lakes port city. (4/6)
November 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Coverage of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald from 50 years ago today -- Tuesday, Nov. 11, 1975 -- in the Green Bay Press-Gazette, another Great Lakes port city. (4/6)
Coverage of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald from 50 years ago today -- Tuesday, Nov. 11, 1975 -- in the Minneapolis Star. (3/6)
November 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Coverage of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald from 50 years ago today -- Tuesday, Nov. 11, 1975 -- in the Minneapolis Star. (3/6)