by Bill Scott | May 22, 2017
The Milwaukee Bucks NBA draft prospect workouts are winding down. Among the six players in on Monday is Marquette center Luke Fischer. The Golden Eagles big man played in 32 games with 25 starts last season. Fischer averaged 10.9 points and 5.9 rebounds a game for...
by Bill Scott | May 22, 2017
UW-La Crosse will need to win twice today against Concordia-Chicago to capture the NCAA D-3 Midwest Baseball Regional. The Eagles (31-18) scored five runs in the second to knock off St. Thomas 8-3. They fell to Concordia 14-0 earlier Sunday and will now have to win...
by Bill Scott | May 22, 2017
Athlon Sports released its first top 25 college football poll on Monday and the Wisconsin Badgers check in at number-12. The Badgers, who finished 11-3 last season, have a much easier schedule in 2017 after facing one of the nations more difficult schedules last...
by Bill Scott | May 22, 2017
Chase Anderson continued his struggles in the month of May, allowing six runs on seven hits in four plus innings, including a pair of home runs to Kris Bryant and the Milwaukee Brewers fell to the Chicago Cubs 13-6 in their series finale on Sunday at Wrigley Field....
by Bill Scott | May 22, 2017
The Wisconsin women’s softball team once again saw their season end at the NCAA softball Eugene, Oregon regional. Oregon freshman Miranda Elish allowed one hit to lead the Ducks to a 9-0 win over the Badgers on Sunday. The game was halted in the fifth inning...
by Andrew Beckett | May 21, 2017
One man is dead and two others suffered non-life threatening injuries, during an officer-involved shooting early Sunday morning at an Appleton bar. Appleton Police, responding to reports of a shooting inside a bar, arrived at the Apple Pub just after 1:30 Sunday...
by Bill Scott | May 20, 2017
Mason McMahon scattered five hits in six innings to lead UW-La Crosse to a 5-2 win over top-seed and host UW-Whitewater in the NCAA’s Midwest Regional. La Crosse (30-17) will face Concordia-Chicago in a winners bracket game at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. The Warhawks...
by Bill Scott | May 20, 2017
Milwaukee Bucks players Giannis Antetokounmpo and Malcolm Brogdon were named finalists for two of the NBA’s biggest individual awards on Friday. Antetokounmpo, who earned second team all-NBA honors on Thursday, was named one of three finalists for the...
by Bill Scott | May 20, 2017
Chloe Miller clubbed a two-run homer to lift the Wisconsin Badgers to a 7-2 win over Missouri in the opening round of the NCAA softball regionals in Eugene, Oregon on Friday night. Brooke Wyderski drove in three runs and Kaitlyn Menz tossed a three-hitter for the...
by Bill Scott | May 20, 2017
The Milwaukee Brewers battled through a long, cold and wet afternoon at Wrigley Field to earn their fourth straight win, 6-3 over the Chicago Cubs. It was the 10th win in the last 12 games for the Brewers, who moved a season high seven games over .500 (25-18). The...
by Bill Scott | May 20, 2017
Kapco Park will continue to serve as the home for the WIAA State Summer Baseball Tournament. The WIAA’s Board of Control on Friday, approved a proposal to extend the agreement to use the Concordia University facility through 2020. Kapco Park is the location for...
by Andrew Beckett | May 19, 2017
A cold rain fell on Madison Friday, as three names were added afternoon to the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Memorial outside the state Capitol building. The names joining the now 273 listed on the memorial included Salem Public Safety Officer Michael Ventura, who was...
by Bob Hague | May 19, 2017
For the third year in a row, Wisconsin is dead last in a national ranking of business startups. Wisconsin has placed 50th among the 50 states in startup activity as measured by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, one of the country’s leading entrepreneurship...
by Andrew Beckett | May 19, 2017
A state Senator and frequent critic of the University of Wisconsin System says any effort to bailout the debts of the troubled UW-Oshkosh Foundation could damage efforts to rebuild trust between lawmakers and university officials. The warning follows reports that the...
by WRN Contributor | May 19, 2017
Charges have been filed in another county against the 53-year-old Green Bay man accused of sexually assaulting multiple horses. In Manitowoc County, Sterling Rachwal faces misdemeanor counts of Intentionally Mistreating Animals and Disorderly Conduct. Prosecutors...
by Bill Scott | May 19, 2017
UW-Whitewater and UW-La Crosse both earned opening round wins on Thursday at the NCAA D-3 Midwest Baseball Regional in Whitewater. The top-seeded and host Warhawks (36-7) held off St. Norbert College 4-2 in their opening round game. Heath Renz (pictured) allowed one...
by Bill Scott | May 19, 2017
Former Wisconsin Badger standout Bronson Koenig saw his pre-draft workout with the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday, end early. Koenig, who rolled his left ankle in his second game at the Portsmouth Invitational, rolled his right ankle while working out for the Bucks. ...
by Bill Scott | May 19, 2017
The Wisconsin men’s hockey team will open its 2017-18 season with the United States Hockey Hall of Fame game in Madison on Sunday, Oct. 1 against Michigan Tech. The first regular-season game comes quickly for the Badgers, who officially begin practice just one...
by Bill Scott | May 19, 2017
Eric Sogard went four for four and reached base all five times, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-2 win over the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego on Thursday. Sogard’s two-run double in the seventh inning was the big blow for the Brewers, who have...
by Andrew Beckett | May 18, 2017
Wisconsin is looking to move into the fast lane on driverless vehicles. Governor Scott Walker has ordered the creation of a panel that will look at the future for the technology in the state. The governor’s executive order calls for a Steering Committee on...
