Former NFL player Michael Lehan was inspired by his biological father to open the Peach Cobbler Factory. Lehan met his biological family, who presented him with a peach cobbler each time he came home.

Thrown together after graduations, transfers, suspensions and NFL departures decimated the roster, Minnesota’s defense wasn’t supposed to be any good this season. Aside from two returning starters ...

For Lehan, cobbler was more than just a dessert—it was his father Melvin’s love language. The two met when Lehan was 18 after he spent his early years navigating adoption, foster care and even ...