Wisconsin News and Sports
The Milwaukee Bucks can even their best-of-7 opening round NBA Playoff series at 2-games apiece with a win over Atlanta tonight.
The Hawks made quick work of the Bucks in the first two games of the series in Atlanta, but on the road, it’s a different story for the Hawks, who have just one road playoff win in the last three years. [Read more...]
After two poor starts, Jeff Suppan is out of the Milwaukee Brewers starting rotation and lefty Chris Narveson is in. Narveson will pitch the series finale against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday afternoon.
Suppan allowed five earned runs in 4 1/3 innings against the Cubs on Friday. All told, Suppan in his two starts, is 0-1 with an 8.68 ERA.
Narveson made four starts near the end of last season. In 12 games, he went 2-0 with a 2.48 ERA. Narveson also had a strong spring.
Brewers manager Ken Macha was asked yesterday what’s next if Narveson doesn’t do the job.
Educators and school resource officers are gathering in Milwaukee today for a conference aimed at keeping kids safe in the online age. One of the presenters, Justin Patchin of the Cyberbullying Research Center, says data suggests twenty-to-thirty percent of teens have experienced some form of online bullying whether it is name calling or a type of disrespect.
Patchin suggests adults have communication with adults to address these problems before they escalate such as the case of the Phoebe Prince, a 15-year-old who committed suicide reportedly because of bullying. In doing so he advocates “creative” ways to deal with the problem rather than extreme methods such as expulsion. With students wary of reporting incidents for fear of retribution, the UW-Eau Claire professor cites how some schools have set up anonymous reporting systems so victims can report their experience.
Other sessions will cover signs of abuse and a study of the New Berlin Sexting Case.
The conference is sponsored by the US and Wisconsin Departments of Justice and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
Brian Moon reports (:71)
Nobody expected the Milwaukee Brewers to roll over the Chicago Cubs like they did the Pirates in a 3-game series last week. But coming off a 3-game sweep of Pittsburgh and outscoring the Pirates 36-1, the Brewers were on a roll.
Unfortunately, the Brewers starting pitching continued to struggle and they ran into some pretty good pitching by Cubs and were swept in a 3-game series at Wrigley Field. Chicago outscored the Brewers in the series 25-4 and finished it off with a 12-2 win at Miller Park yesterday. [Read more...]
Wisconsin safety Chris Maragos went undrafted this weekend and signed a free agent contract with the San Francisco 49ers. He’ll head to San Francisco this weekend to participate in the 49ers rookie mini-camp.
Maragos received a call from the Niners shortly after the draft finished on Saturday.
Maragos started all 13 games at free safety for the Badgers last season and six games the year before after moving from wide receiver. As a senior, Maragos led the Badgers with 4 interceptions.
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