Actions taken by Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers on a cold, Saturday evening in November in Chicago are being appreciated even by Bears' fans.
According to WGN, on Nov. 12 -- during the weekend that featured the Packers-Bears game at Soldier Field -- Julia Nicoll and her 11-year-old son Peter took the train out to Chicago from Mount Prospect, Ill., to look at holiday decorations. They were standing at a streetlight when Peter realized it was Rodgers who was waiting at the stoplight with them.
Nicoll told the Green Bay Press-Gazette that she didn't believe Peter at first, but then she asked Rodgers "Are you ...?" and he said "I am."
Rodgers then introduced himself to Peter and said he was out enjoying the lights before dinner. He asked Peter sports questions, and Peter apologized for being a Bears fan. Rodgers told Peter not to be sorry. He said Peter lives in Chicago, so he should be a Bears fan.
According to WGN, some other fans recognized Rodgers, so Nicoll and Peter said goodbye and continued walking. Then, Rodgers surprised Nicoll and Peter by catching up to them and talking to them like old friends. They walked with Rodgers for another 15 to 20 minutes along Michigan Avenue.
"He was asking me questions that most people would think, 'Why would Aaron Rodgers care?' It was so amazing. It was really something, I have to say. It still is," Nicoll told the Press-Gazette.
Once they officially said goodbye to Rodgers, Nicoll and Peter went to Macy's -- where they spotted a woman in Packers gear. Excitedly, they told this woman what just happened to them, and the woman just patted Nicoll's arm. She was Packers running back Ty Montgomery's mom.
After that night, Nicoll said she hasn't been able to stop talking about meeting Aaron Rodgers.
"I'm not bragging that I met him. That's just pure luck. I'm sharing with the world what a fabulous human being Aaron Rodgers is," Nicoll told the Press-Gazette.
Drinking game
Steve Kerr was just trying to get through his postgame media scrum Friday night. His Warriors had just finished beating the Magic 133-112 at the Amway Center in Orlando, Fla.
After answering a question about Kevin Durant's ejection and his conversation with the referee that threw Durant out, a mysterious voice shouted a strange question at Kerr.
"Why didn't you put Nick Young in? Why didn't you put Nick Young in earlier?" someone asked.
"Sorry, there's an idiot back there saying something. Anybody else have a question?" Kerr responded.
To the fans' disappointment, Young played just 2:26 in the game.
According to The Athletic's Anthony Slater, there is a restaurant located near the visiting team's locker room and the person shouting during Kerr's media session was a drunken fan.
Sports quiz
Nick Young played college basketball for what program?
Sports answer
The University of Southern California
Sports on 12/03/2017