Wisconsin News and Sports
The Green Bay Packers say linebacker Erik Walden will play on Sunday against the New York Giants. The announcement comes despite the face he was arrested last week on suspicion of domestic abuse.
Walden practiced in his normal starting outside linebacker position on Wednesday.
AUDIO: Mike McCarthy says Erik Walden will play :12
McCarthy wouldn’t say whether or not the Packers would discipline Walden.
The Milwaukee Admirals have called a 3pm news conference this afternoon, presumably to announce that they’re losing their head coach, Kirk Muller after just 17-games.
The NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes fired coach Paul Maurice this morning. They could announce Kirk Muller as their next coach as early as this evening.
Muller was an assistant with the Montreal Canadians in 2006. He took over the Admirals this season after Lane Lambert was promoted to Nashville.
Muller led the Admirals to a 10-6-0-1 record. They’re in third place in the Midwest Division, seven points behind the Checkers. He played 19 seasons in the NHL and was drafted second overall in 1984 by New Jersey after Mario Lemieux was taken first.
Muller finished his career with 357 goals and 602 assists.
Green Bay Packers kicker Mason Crosby saw his string of 23 straight made field
Mason Crosby
goals in regular season play come to an end in Sunday’s 35-26 win over Tampa Bay.
Crosby’s 29 yard field goal try late in the game bounced off the right upright.
Crosby said he gave a little too
much credit to the wind from
that short of a distance and
needed to just bang it through.
An effort to recall Republican Governor Scott Walker from office will get underway next month. United Wisconsin says it will officially begin the petition drive to recall Walker on November 15th, giving the group until January 17th to collect the signatures it needs to trigger an election.
Co-chair Ryan Lawler says they will have 60 days to collect over 540,000 signatures required by law. Although, he says they plan to aim much higher with a target of nearly 700,000 signatures. He admits that will be a difficult task, but they plan to work with several grassroots organizations, labor groups, and the state Democratic Party to help keep the campaign going. [Read more...]
There’s another potential candidate to succeed Herb Kohl in the U.S. Senate. State Senator rank Lasee has announced he’ll begin raising money for a U.S. Senate campaign. “If we continue to do what we’re doing we’re going to end up like Greece or worse, because there’s nobody to bail us out,” the DePere Republican said. “We can’t keep over spending and over regulating.” Lasee said he’ll propose an energy policy which will drive down consumer costs, and work to repeal health care reform
Also announcing an exploratory committee is Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald. Former congressman Mark Neumann and former Governor Tommy Thompson are announced Republican candidates. Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin is the only Democrat in the race thus far.
Brian Norton, WOMT
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