Herb Gould

Longtime Chicago Sun-Times sportswriter Herb Gould became fascinated with the life of Curly Lambeau after moving to Door County, Wisconsin, where Lambeau also spent his retirement years. Lambeau led such a remarkable life that Gould could not resist a deep dive into the history of the Packers, the Chicago Bears and the early years of the NFL. In 2024, Gould, who lives in Sister Bay, Wisconsin, received Best Local Sports Column honors from the Wisconsin Newspaper Assn. for his coverage of Door County League baseball in the Peninsula Pulse. Gould also is the author of “The Run Don’t Count,” his historical novel about the 1908 Chicago Cubs. His 1908 Cubs book also was a natural. He has bled Cubbie Blue since the first time his father took him to see Willie Mays beat Ernie Banks. He was a vendor and groundskeeper at Wrigley Field in 1969 and was typing away at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego in 1984. After those unrequited seasons, it’s only natural that he would delve into the 1908 Cubs, who won their second straight World Series during the greatest era in franchise history,