FBI investigated Packers great for gambling

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Hard-partying Green Bay Packers receiver Max McGee, who scored the first touchdown in Super Bowl history, had a gambling habit that the FBI…

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Mon, March 3rd, 2008

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