Wisconsin News and Sports
The list of Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate is shrinking again.
Madison-area developer Terrence Wall has dropped his bid for the U.S. Senate, less than a week after delegates at the state Republican Party convention endorsed Oshkosh businessman Ron Johnson and Dick Leinenkugel bowed out. [Read more...]
The head of an animal rights group is warning about an increase in the number of dogs being stolen from Midwest yards and farmsteads. Veterinarian Elliot Katz, president of the group In Defense of Animals, says there’s an “epidemic” of missing dogs. Dr. Katz says there was a similar spike in dog thefts in the region some 15 years ago. [Read more...]
This week President Obama joined a long list of predecessors calling for line item veto authority in effort to rein in spending. US Senator Russ Feingold has a proposal dubbed the “Janesville Line-Item Veto” because he introduced it with fellow Janesville native House Republican Paul Ryan.
Green Bay Packers President & CEO, Mark Murphy, remains optimistic that the NFL owners and the NFL Players Association will reach agreement on a new labor deal.
At a conference at St. Norbert College yesterday, Murphy said he sees no chance of a strike.
The two sides are scheduled to meet next month. The current deal expires after the upcoming season, with this being an uncapped year. [Read more...]
Pitching for the first time since asking for a trade, Houston’s Roy Oswalt allowed just 4 hits in 8-innings, helping to blank the Milwaukee Brewers 5-0 at Miller Park.
Oswalt hasn’t had much run support to work with, but he got some runs last night and made them stand. Oswalt walked just 1 and struck out 9 Brewers. Brewers manager Ken Macha said they had one chance to get to Oswalt, in the 4th inning and couldn’t pull it off.
AUDIO: Mgr. Ken Macha said they couldn’t take advantage of their one chance :16
The Brewers have now dropped 12 of their last 15 games and have gone 5-15 at Miller Park this season.
The five runs for the Astros represented the most support this season for Oswalt. He entered the game with a 2-6 record, but his ERA was a solid 2.66. In his six losses, the Astros scored a total of six runs, including just one run in the last three.
Chris Narveson took the loss for the Brewers, allowing 4 runs on 8 hits in 4 innings. He’s 4-2. The rubber game of the series is this afternoon at Miller Park.
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