by WRN Contributor | Aug 25, 2006
The Nazi group planning a protest in Madison on Saturday was at Washington's state Capitol last month. Adam Wilson, a reporter for the Olympian newspaper in Olympia, Washington said the appearance by the National Socialist Movement drew a large...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 25, 2006
The Wisconsin Badgers lost one of their most experienced receivers this week. Junior Marcus Randle El suffered a knee injury in practice on Wednesday and an MRI on Thursday confirmed ligament damage that will require season ending surgery. Randle El was also expected...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 25, 2006
Brewers pitcher Tomo Ohka had 2 hits and drove in four runs in the Brewers 12-6 win over the Colorado Rockies on Thursday at Miller Park. The Brewers swept the Rockies and find themselves 4 1/2 games back in both the wild card and divisional races. Ohka gave up six...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 25, 2006
Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy delivered a message to running back Najeh Davenport yesterday and he did it through the media. McCarthy said in not so many words that Davenport needs to get on the field or his roster spot could be in jeopardy. Davenport missed...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 25, 2006
It's a big weekend for the 9th ranked Badger women's volleyball team. The Badgers play host to the American Volleyball Coaches Association Showcase. The four team field includes the Badgers, along with defending national champion Washington, #15 Ohio and 8th...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 25, 2006
Governor Jim Doyle downplays reports that a top aide met with a utility company that wanted to buy the Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant. The meeting between Dominion Resources and Doyle Chief of Staff Susan Goodwin took place while the company was seeking approval to buy...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 24, 2006
Middleton's Jon Turcott fired final day rounds of 6-under par 66 and 5-under par 67 to pull out a 1-stoke victory over Appleton's Ryan Helminen to win the 2006 Wisconsin State Golf Open at The Bog in Saukville. Turcott, who also won the State Open in 2003,...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 24, 2006
Coming off of perhaps his worst outing of the season, Ben Sheets turned in a pretty good effort on Wednesday night at Miller Park. Sheets worked 7 solid innings, allowed 1 run on six hits and struck out 7 in the Brewers 7-1 win over Colorado, sending the Rockies to...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 24, 2006
Joe Thomas may not only be the best offensive lineman to ever play for the Badger football program, he's the only one that has his own website that was put together by the University. The Department of Athletics unveiled the new web site, joe72.org, to promote...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 24, 2006
The University of Wisconsin men's basketball team used a 15-2 fourth quarter run to pull out a 89-78 win over Mylena Treviglio on Thursday in Treviglio, Italy. Senior forward Alando Tucker poured in 32 points to lead the Badgers. Treviglio cut the Badgers lead to...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 24, 2006
For the second straight year, the University of Wisconsin football team has placed one of its players on the Butkus Award Watch List, as the Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando announced that senior Mark Zalewski was one of the 65 candidates. The award is given annually...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 24, 2006
Please tell me it's not so. Now Little Leaguers need to get paid, at least those that end up on National Television as a part of the Little League World Series. Enough. According to Dan Wetzel from Yahoo Sports , these 12 year old athletes...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 23, 2006
The Green Bay Packers dealt reserve defensive back Therrian Fontenot to the Cleveland Browns for wide receiver Carlton Brewster. Fontenot played in one game last season for the Packers on special teams and spent most of the season on the teams practice squad. Brewster...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 23, 2006
The Green Bay Packers have released wide receiver Marc Boerigter on Tuesday. Boerigter had just 1 catch in two preseason games after signing as a free agent in March. He previously played four seasons with Kansas City. Related web sites: Packers official website...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 23, 2006
The Wisconsin men's basketball team is 2-0 on its tour of Italy, picking up a 88-71 win over MPV Virtus Siena on Tuesday in Florence. Senior Alando Tucker poured in 23 points in a game that featured 89 free throws and a 3rd quarter shoving match that landed each...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 23, 2006
Aswan Minatee scored a team-high 16 points as the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay men's basketball team improved to 2-0 on its tour of Spain with a 78-62 win over Lliria Tuesday evening. Minatee's scoring output paced three UW-Green Bay players in double...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 23, 2006
Chris Capuano won for the first time since July 6th, pitching the Brewers to a 4-1 win over the Colorado Rockies. Capuano tossed six scoreless innings, allowing just three hits, improving his record to 11-8. He also escaped a bases loaded, no-out jam in the 4th. Jose...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 23, 2006
Michael Harris of Shorewood takes a 3-shot lead to the final day of the Wisconsin State Open golf tournament at The Bog in Saukville. Harris shot a 7-under-par 65 to move in front of day one leader Ryan Helminen of Appleton and Kenosha amateur Todd Schaap. Helminen...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 21, 2006
Tiger Woods is two-thirds to Jack Nicklaus' record 18 major golf championships and the way things are going right now, he could catch Nicklaus in a few years. Woods won his 2nd straight major, the PGA Championship last weekend and he did so by...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 21, 2006
The Milwaukee Brewers two-game win streak came to an end on Sunday, falling to Roger Clemens and the Astros 3-1 at Miller Park. Clemens worked seven innings, struck out 7 and walked nobody to pick up his 5th win of the season. The only run he allowed came on Corey...
