Wisconsin News and Sports
Neither the Milwaukee Bucks or the Atlanta Hawks have been able to win on the road in the first four games of their best of 7 NBA playoff series. The difference is, the Hawks have home court advantage and if the home team advantage plays out, Atlanta will win the series 4 games to 3.
Atlanta has been dominant at home this season (36-7), winning 14 straight games at Philips Arena. [Read more...]
Trevor Hoffman blew his 3rd save of the season and the Milwaukee Brewers fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-3 at Miller Park on Tuesday night.
Ronny Cedeno tied the game in the 9th with a solo home run off of Hoffman. The Pirates then loaded the bases before Ryan Doumit clubbed a grand slam home run to win it.
The win snapped Pittsburgh’s 22-game losing streak at Miller Park, as well as their 7-game overall losing streak. [Read more...]
Democrat Scott Hassett will face current Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, a Republican, in November. He’s vying for the position, Hassett says, partly because Van Hollen has politicized the agency.
“I am bothered by what I see happening in the Department of Justice. I think the incumbent has used it for partisan political purposes and that’s not something I would do.”
Hassett says while he hasn’t made his grand announcement tour, he has been working on his campaign since August. The former DNR secretary says he’s got the experience needed to be the state’s top cop. [Read more...]
If reelected, Attorney General JB Van Hollen says he’ll continue to do exactly what’s working as the state’s top cop.
“Well I’m one of those people who doesn’t believe you have to promise to do things when you run for reelection. If you’re doing things well, and you’re doing important things, there’s nothing better than to continue to do those.”
Having said that, Van Hollen admits that avoiding another backlog of DNA evidence in the Wisconsin Crime Labs remains important. Also he says, the state is only at the tip of the iceberg with regard to protecting children. [Read more...]
Bob Uecker has entertained audiences for 40 years. He’s been a master at describing to his radio audience what’s happening on the diamond and providing comic relief at the very same time. Much of the humor comes at his own expense.
It’s going to seem like forever, the time that Bob Uecker will miss, recovering from heart surgery on Friday. His doctors say the recovery time is 2 to 3 months for the 75 year old Uecker.
Uecker told reporters at a news conference on Tuesday that he had hoped to hold off on the surgery until the end of the season, but that’s just not feasible anymore.
AUDIO: Uecker said he doesn’t want to leave the booth yet :16 [Read more...]
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