STARR CHARMS HOSPITAL
Legendary former Green Bay Packers quarterback Bart Starr has overcome a rash of serious health problems in the last three years, including two strokes, a heart attack, a broken hip and a bronchial infection that nearly killed him in 2015. This year, Starr, 83, has been dogged by more troubles, most recently a sinus infection that required surgery and a hospital stay last week in Alabama. It’s normally a pretty minor procedure. But because of Starr’s age and recent condition, there were concerns about putting him under anesthesia, at least until Starr came out of it afterward and gave the medical staff a victory speech of sorts. “He sat in the bed, and for about 10 minutes gave them this big pep talk like nothing was wrong with him,” Starr’s wife, Cherry, told USA TODAY Sports. “It was the funniest thing you’ve ever heard. He was just going on and on and on. He hasn’t talked that way in three years.” The theme was teamwork. “He was just saying, ‘It was so nice to see you all together, and you know we have to work as a team,’ ” she said. “He talked like he was talking to a football team. It was the cutest thing in the world. It really was.”