Category Archives: Sports
NFL Puts Minority Hiring Initiative On Hold
The N-F-L has tabled an initiative which would have given any team hiring a minority coach or general manager an incentive in the next draft. The league's workplace diversity committee says it will ta...
May 20, 2020
Major League Baseball: Brewers Projected To Lose $139M In Shortened Season
Major League Baseball is reporting it could lose up to $4 billion if the 2020 season is called off. Officials are still working on an 82-game season with no fans in the stands. The report released Tue...
May 20, 2020
Wisconsin Native Joins Badger Volleyball Staff As Volunteer Assistant
Wisconsin volleyball coach Kelly Sheffield's staff is expanding with the addition of volunteer assistant Mackenzie Long, a native of Walworth. Long has served as an assistant coach for Missouri S-and-...
May 20, 2020
Packers Head Coach High On Potential Of CFL Addition
Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur says he's looking forward to finding out what wide receiver Reggie Begelton brings to the team. The Packers signed him after he spent three years in the Canad...
May 19, 2020
Aaron Rodgers: COVID-19 Restrictions Like Being On House Arrest
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is comparing the current COVID-19 restrictions to being on house arrest. It isn't clear if the pandemic will affect plans for the start of the 2020 N-F-L se...
May 19, 2020 Kyle Engman / CC
Signed Pair of Jordan Rookie Shoes Goes For More Than a Half Million Dollars
An autographed pair of sneakers from Michael Jordan's rookie season are going for big bucks. The signed pair of Air Jordan Ones the Hall of Famer wore during the 1984-85 season sold for $560,000 Sunda...
May 19, 2020 Maxim Pierre / CC
Badgers Football Offers Scholarship To 4-Star RB For Class Of 2022
The University of Wisconsin has offered a scholarship to a four-star running back prospect from North Carolina. Michael Allen of J-H Rose High School in Greenville would be a member of the recruiting ...
May 19, 2020 Phil Roeder / CC
WIAA Board Of Control Approves Extension Of Alternate-Year Physical Exam Period
The W-I-A-A Board of Control has approved an extension of the alternate-year physical exam period rule. Players will have to apply for the extension. The rules say before an athlete can play high scho...
May 19, 2020
Kenseth Has Successful NASCAR Career Revival – Finishes 10th At Darlington
Wisconsin native Matt Kenseth has returned to NASCAR racing with a 10th-place finish in the Darlington 400. Kevin Harvick won the first race which was run in front of empty stands at the historic trac...
May 18, 2020 Photo mattkenseth.com
Packers QB Rodgers Understands Draft Pick, Expects Great Relationship With Love
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers says he understands why his team took Utah State quarterback Jordan Love with its first-round draft pick. Rodgers says he was surprised but expects to have ...
May 18, 2020 Kyle Engman / CC
