Former Packers GM Ted Thompson, architect of Super Bowl XLV-winning team who drafted Aaron Rodgers, dies at 68 https://t.co/fr3B8qo85d via @WiStateJournal — John Adams (@DailyAdams) January 21, 2021
Sports
Business, Sports
Down
Concert ticket sales at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee down $30 million in 2020 because of coronavirus https://t.co/y7XMrnkMPm — Journal Sentinel (@journalsentinel) December 11, 2020
Sports
WIAC suspends all sports through Dec. 31
Budget, Coronavirus, Sports
IOWA FIRST FROM BIG TEN TO CUT SPORTS AMID PANDEMIC
Badgers, Coronavirus, Sports
Badgers’ Spring 2021 Scheduling: Losses By Sport
Badgers, Football, Sports
SACKED: BIG 10 CANCELS FALL FOOTBALL SEASON
Coronavirus, Covidiocy, Sports, Wisconsin Dells
Multiple COVID cases linked to sporting tournaments in Dells
Sports, UW System, Wisconsin
WIAC CANCELS, POSTPONES FALL SPORTS DUE TO COVID-19
Coronavirus, Sports
Menomonee Falls Little League suspends season after players & coaches test positive for coronavirus
Coronavirus, Schools, Sports
What It’s Like To Hold Football Practice During A Pandemic
Business, Economy, Employment, Recession, Sports
Caterer furloughs 1,300 at Lambeau Field & Miller Park
Coronavirus, Public Health, Schools, Sports
WIAA Cancels Wisconsin High School Spring Sports
Coronavirus, Sports
Avid golfer urges staying off the course
Badgers, Sports, UW Madison
Badger alumna Rose Lavelle scores goal for United States in World Cup final
Speechless, @roselavelle
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— U.S. Soccer WNT (@USWNT) July 7, 2019
Sports
Finger on the scale
“Swiss cyclist Nicole Hanselmann described it as an ‘awkward moment’ when she was held up in Saturday’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad race after she broke away from the women’s pack and caught up with the men’s support vehicles.”
Sports
Autumn
In the past, Tiger never waivered from the mantra “I’ll be back quicker than the doctors think–and I will be even stronger than I was before”. But for the first time yesterday, the answer was “I don’t know when I’ll be back”. And then he admitted that he has not been able to swing a club, work on chipping and putting or even to kick the soccer ball around with his kids. “I play a lot of video games” was his answer to how he fills his time.
Humor, Sports
Weird Al in Every Post-Game Press Conference Ever
Via FREE WHITEWATER.
Sports
Learning to Mountain Bike
Via Althouse.
Film, Sports
Film: What Motivates a World-Champion Blind Runner
Via FREE WHITEWATER.
Bucks, Gov. Walker, Government Spending, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Sports
Signing of Milwaukee Bucks Funding Bill
Bucks, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Speaker Vos, Sports
Boss Vos on Arena
Bucks, Government Spending, Milwaukee, Sports, WisDems, WISGOP
And Fifteen Republicans…
“Six Democrats in the Wisconsin state Senate voted late Wednesday to give millions in taxpayer dollars to a couple of billionaires. After they cast their votes in favor of SB 209, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin issued a statement praising the corporate giveaway to a powerful Milwaukee special interest….”
Via Wis. Dems Support Massive Corporate Giveaway to Billionaires @ Media Trackers.
Badgers, Sports
First Rounders
Kaminsky and Dekker became just the third and fourth UW players under Ryan to be selected in the first round of the NBA draft. As a result, they gave UW two first-round picks in the same season for the first time ever.
Kaminsky was taken No. 9 overall by the Charlotte Hornets, who finished 33-49 last season and failed to make the playoffs….Dekker was taken No. 18 by Houston, which finished 56-26 last season and lost to eventual champion Golden State in the Western Conference finals.
Via Frank Kaminsky No. 9 to Charlotte; Sam Dekker No. 18 to Houston @ JS Badgers Blog.
Brewers, Bucks, Milwaukee, Sports
Miller Park & Bucks Arena
Misconduct, Sports
Lying all along
Are we finally done with the whole “Put Pete Rose in the Baseball Hall of Fame” thing now? Ever since Rose voluntarily accepted a lifetime ban from baseball by Commissioner Bart Giamatti we have heard ad nauseum from Rose apologists who say he should be inducted because the Hall is only about what a person…
Crime, Sports
Dirty Birds
Bucks, Gov. Walker, Government Spending, Milwaukee, Sports
AFP trashes Walker’s arena plan
“When Walker announced a plan last week to spend $250 million in taxpayer money for a proposed $500 million basketball arena in downtown Milwaukee, the local chapter of the Koch-founded advocacy group Americans for Prosperity joined the chorus of detractors who condemned the project. The National Basketball Association is demanding the new venue and is…
Bucks, Business, Development, Gov. Walker, Government Spending, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Sports
The Arena Plan
Crime, Sports
FIFA
Shouldn’t America leave soccer problems to the countries that call it football? Via “Swiss authorities conducted an extraordinary early-morning operation here Wednesday to arrest several top soccer officials and extradite them to the United States on federal corruption charges.” @ Althouse.
Bucks, Business, Government Spending, Milwaukee, Sports
Soon
Officials met for about 40 minutes Tuesday in the state Capitol as they work to finalize a deal in time to have the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee insert the financing deal in the state budget before it wraps up its work this week. The budget committee is expected to finish its work Friday or Saturday…
Brewers, Sports
Lucroy on whether getting hit by a ball is the hardest part of the job
It’s the most painful part. The hardest part is calling the game—being ready for that mentally. Being able to squat, block, and call pitches. The foul tips and neck shots are the most painful part, though. Via Tough Jobs: Milwaukee Brewers Catcher Jonathan Lucroy @ Esquire.
Government Spending, Packers, Sports, Veterans
Paid to honor
“You go to a game and you see a team honoring ‘Hometown Heroes,’ and you think it’s some sort of public service announcement,” Flake told ESPN, “that the team is doing it out of the goodness of their heart. Then you find out it’s paid for? That seems a little unseemly.” Via Report: Packers, 13…
Crime, Punishment, Sports
Life without parole
Via “Former Patriots star Aaron Hernandez has been convicted on all counts in the June 2013 killing of Odin Lloyd, including first-degree murder” @ Althouse.
Bucks, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Sports
Bucks Think Big
On today's 1A: Planned Bucks arena development would reshape area. pic.twitter.com/1gPAZDfqrJ — Journal Sentinel (@journalsentinel) April 8, 2015
Badgers, Packers, Press, Sports
Rodgers Sacks Critics
Also with interview requests, sometimes the answer is yes and sometimes it's no. I'm not there for u, I'm there to support my friends n UW. — Aaron Rodgers (@AaronRodgers12) March 29, 2015
Badgers, Sports
Wildcats Want Revenge
Video: Arizona looking forward to rematch with the #Badgers http://t.co/QeSXPFAb04 pic.twitter.com/yzZwZF6Rog — Wis. State Journal (@WiStateJournal) March 27, 2015