State Journal sports writer Tom Mulhern dies at 56

By Erin Richards of the Journal Sentinel

Award-winning Wisconsin State Journal sportswriter Tom Mulhern — well-known for his work covering the University of Wisconsin-Madison Badgers and before that, the Green Bay Packers for the Milwaukee Sentinel — died Friday.

The State Journal published a touching obituary about Mulhern, 56, who died of a rare neurological disorder. He was diagnosed in August.

Mulhern covered the Badgers as his primary beat for the past 15 years.

In the mid-1990s, Mulhern wrote about the Green Bay Packers for the Milwaukee Sentinel. During that time, he helped launch Packer Plus, a popular weekly tabloid that continues to this day.

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