From the daily archives:

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Madison’s Steve Stricker eagled the 18th hole and fired a 6-under par 65 to share the lead with Retief Goosen and Sean O’Hair after three rounds at the PGA’s Deutsche Bank Championship in Norton, Massachusetts.

Stricker’s approach shot from 230 yards away bounced off a bank in front of the green and rolled up to about 5-feet from the hole for his eagle putt. 

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There’s plenty of company on the leader board going into the final round on Labor Day (Monday).  Kevin Na, Padraig Harrington and Scott Verplank are all tied for fourth at -12.  Madison’s Jerry Kelly is just 2-shots back at -11 after his 4-under par round of 67 on Sunday.

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The top 70 players advance to the third round of the PGA Tour Playoffs next week in Chicago.

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Badgers game vs. Fresno State on ESPN

by Bill Scott 09/6/09 9:05 PM

This Saturday’s Badger football game against Fresno State at Camp Randall Stadium will be televised by ESPN.  Kickoff is set for 11am CT.
The Badgers opened their season with a 28-20 win over Northern Illinois on Saturday.  Fresno State also opened its season at home on Sept. 5, defeating UC Davis 51-0.  UW and Fresno State [...]

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Packers sign eight to practice squad

by Bill Scott 09/6/09 8:58 PM

The Green Bay Packers signed eight players to the teams practice squad on Sunday. 
The eight players include WR Jake Allen, QB Brian Brohm, CB Trevor Ford, LB Cyril Obiozor, RB Kregg Lumpkin, OT Jamon Meredith, DE Ronald Talley and NT Anthony Toribio.

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Badger hoops suspends a pair

by Bill Scott 09/6/09 8:55 PM

Wisconsin Badger men’s freshmen basketball players Diamond Taylor and Jeremy Glover, have been suspended from the team after violating the UW Department of Athletics Student-Athlete Discipline Policy.  Both are suspended from competition and practice pending the availability of further information relating to their cases.
During the suspension, Taylor and Glover will remain on official squad lists [...]

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Packers roster cuts include QB Brohm

by Bill Scott 09/6/09 8:52 AM

The Green Bay Packers got down to the 53 player regular season roster limit on Saturday by releasing former second-round pick (QB) Brian Brohm.  The release comes less than a year and a half after the Packers used a second round draft pick (No. 56 overall) to take him in the 2008 draft.
Brohm struggled through [...]

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