Category Archives: Sports
UW Athletics Trims Budget Shortfall Significantly
Some significant cost-cutting and the return of football and winter sports are factors in a much-improved financial picture for U-W Athletics. A-D Barry Alvarez had warned the effects of the coronavir...
Apr 02, 2021
Season Is Over, But the Work Load Is Heavy For Marquette Women’s Basketball Coaching Staff
Just because all the games have been played, it doesn't mean the Marquette women's basketball coaching staff gets to relax with a cup of coffee. Coach Megan Duffy and her assistants secured a commitme...
Apr 02, 2021
Packers Lazard Grades Out As NFL’s Top Run-Blocking Wide Receiver
At 6' 5" and 227 pounds, Packers wide receiver Allen Lazard is almost the size of a tight end and has emerged as the best run-blocking wide receiver in the N-F-L, according to grades handed out by Pro...
Apr 02, 2021 Phil Roeder / CC
Brewers Win Opening Day 6-5 In 10 Innings Over Twins
Baseball purists among Brewers fans may not hate that idea of starting the 10th inning with a man on second base anymore. Lorenzo Cain was placed there, advanced to third on a single, then scored on a...
Apr 02, 2021
Friday Sports Round-Up (MLB, NCAA Volleyball, High School Football) 4/2/2021
MLB National League Central Division Milwaukee Brewers 6, Minnesota Twins 5 (10) Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Chicago Cubs 3 St. Louis Cardinals 11, Cincinnati Reds 6 NCAA Division I Volleyball Wisconsin Bad...
Apr 02, 2021 CC / depositphotos
UW Coach Mark Johnson Named Women’s D-I Coach Of The Year
Wisconsin hockey coach Mark Johnson has been named U-S-C-H-O Women's Divison One Coach of the Year. Johnson led the Badgers to their fifth national championship during a season dramatically impacted b...
Apr 01, 2021
Salary Cap Challenge For Packers Will Be Even Greater Next Year
The N-F-L salary cap will be higher for the 2022 season, but staying under it will be even tougher than for Green Bay. The numbers could force the Packers to make a change at quarterback that they app...
Apr 01, 2021 Phil Roeder / CC
Unbeaten Wisconsin Volleyball Wraps Up Regular Season With Match Against Michigan
It's not just that the Wisconsin volleyball team is unbeaten in 11 matches - it's even more impressive that they've lost just three sets. Badgers coach Kelly Sheffield could claim his 200th U-W win as...
Apr 01, 2021
Brewers to Face Cy Young Runner Up on Opening Day
The Milwaukee Brewers will be facing last year's American League Cy Young Award runner-up when they open the 2021 baseball season this afternoon (April 1st) at American Family Field. Minnesota Twins s...
Apr 01, 2021 Bryce Edwards / CC
Bucks End 3-Game Losing Streak Against Injury-Plagued Lakers, 112-97
The Milwaukee Bucks put an end to their three-game losing streak by beating the Lakers Wednesday night 112-97. Los Angeles was playing without stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis, while newly-acquire...
Apr 01, 2021
