Ryan Braun extended his hitting streak to 17 games as the Milwaukee Brewers swept the Minnesota Twins with a 6-2 win on Sunday at Miller Park. It gave the Brewers a 3-game sweep of the Twins, who have lost 5-straight after winning eight in-a-row. [Read more...]
Four Badgers selected in NHL Draft
June 27, 2011 By
One current and three incoming Badgers were selected in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft on Saturday in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Joseph LaBate went highest, selected 101st to the Stanley Cup runner-up Vancouver Canucks. The fourth-round pick arrives this fall in Madison from the Academy of Holy Angels in Minnesota. The 6’4 forward was one of 10 finalists for the 2011 Minnesota Mr. Hockey Award after scoring 27 goals and 49 points in 25 games last season. [Read more...]
Brown to play at Pittsburgh
June 27, 2011 By
Former Wisconsin running back Zach Brown will join the Pittsburgh Panthers for his final season of college football eligibility.
Zach Brown
Brown left the Badgers after red-shirting last season because he was 4th on the depth chart at tailback.
Brown rushed for 568 yards as a freshman for the Badgers in 2007 and finished his 3-years in Madison with a total of 1,152 yards. But he saw the hand writing on the wall with Montee Ball and James White expected to get most of the carries this coming season.
Because Brown played three seasons and expects to graduate in the fall, the fifth-year senior will be eligible to play at Pittsburgh immediately.
Capitol doors reopen
June 27, 2011 By
It’s back to business as usual at the state Capitol building, following months of locked doors, metal detectors, and extra police. The metal detectors put in place during the debate and protests over the Governor’s collective bargaining law came down last week and all eight main doors to the building are scheduled to open today for the first time since March. [Read more...]
Making recalls more difficult
June 27, 2011 By
Republican leaders in the state contemplate the idea of introducing a bill to make it harder to recall public officials.
Six GOP senators face recalls because they voted in favor of the so-called collective bargaining bill. Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald (R-Horicon) says now that those senators, and three Democrats, are in “full campaign mode,” the legislative process isn’t getting their full attention. Republican Senator Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) agrees. [Read more...]
