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Madison’s Stricker heads to final day with the lead at Deutsche Bank Championship

September 6, 2009 By

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. 

AUDIO: Steve Stricker on his workman like 3rd round :21 

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.

AUDIO: Jerry Kelly happy with 3rd round start :20

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

September 6, 2009 By

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 squared off last season in California with the Badgers prevailing 13-10.

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Packers sign eight to practice squad

September 6, 2009 By

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

September 6, 2009 By

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 and may continue to receive support service in the sports medicine facility, the academic support center and the weight training room.

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Packers roster cuts include QB Brohm

September 6, 2009 By

Brian BrohmThe 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 much of training camp, but seemed to be showing improvement of late.  But the Packers must not have felt he made enough progress or showed enough promise to keep him around for another season.  It boils down to the Packers making a mistake drafting Brohm where they did.  Releasing a second round draft pick before he even enters his second season is a monumental draft blunder.  Yet give the Packers credit for not hanging on to a player that they feel will never make the grade for them in the NFL.

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