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Wisconsin’s Roque named Women’s Player of the Year

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Abby Roque

Wisconsin women’s hockey senior Abby Roque joined hockey royalty on Wednesday afternoon as the forward became the fifth Badger to be named the Bob Allen Women’s Player of the Year, given to the top American-born women’s player by USA Hockey.

Roque joins fellow Badgers Brianna Decker (2015 & 2017), Hilary Knight (2014), Meghan Duggan (2011) and Jessie Vetter (2009) as past winners of the award.  The Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, native is the second collegian in the past three years to receive the award, joining UMD’s Maddie Rooney, who received the award in 2018.

The 2020 WCHA Player of the Year, Roque scored a career-high 26 goals to go along with a career-best 58 points.  Her 32 assists this year tied her season-best mark set last year and her goal, assist and point totals all ranked in the top 10 in the country and in the top five in the WCHA.

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NBA to vote Thursday on 22-team return

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Giannis Antetokounmpo (Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images)

When the NBA suspended its season on March 11 because of the coronavirus, the Milwaukee Bucks held the best record in the league.  Moving forward, it was uncertain that they would have the opportunity to see it through and compete for an NBA title.  Now it appears they might get that chance.

According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the NBA has told the National Basketball Players Association that it will present a 22-team plan for restarting the season to the league’s board of governors on Thursday.

The 22-team format will start with an eight game schedule to help seed the teams for the playoffs.

The Western Conference would have 13 teams going to the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex near Orlando.  The Eastern Conference would have nine.

In the West, Memphis, New Orleans, Portland, San Antonio, Sacramento and Phoenix would still have a mathematical chance of earning a spot in a play-in series.  In the East, Washington would have to close to within four games of Orlando or Brooklyn to trigger a play-in series on that side of the bracket.

 

WFCA All-Star games cancelled for 2020

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The Wisconsin Football Coaches Association (WFCA) had previously suspended All-Star game activities.  Today, they officially canceled the July 18th games set for Titan Stadium in Oshkosh.

The WFCA Executive Board issued a statement on Wednesday.

“The WFCA is saddened to inform you that the 2020 WFCA All Star Games, benefiting Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, and the All-Star banquet are cancelled, due to the COVID pandemic.  We realize that this is disappointing to the players, parents, coaches and fans of the games, but the current situation without the use of college campuses makes it logistically impossible to hold the All-Star Games this year.  We look forward to resuming the WFCA All-Star Games in July of 2021.  Our partners at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin will be contacting the players about receiving their game jersey, incentive wear and game programs.  Banquet reservations will be refunded within the next two weeks.  We appreciate all the efforts of players, parents and coaches prior to this difficult decision and wish you the best going forward in these unprecedented times.”

NFL players not expected until start of training camps

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2019 Packers joint practice with the Houston Texans

Some NFL teams were holding out hope of conducting minicamps this month, but it appears that players will not return to team facilities until training camps open.

Most teams have already reopened their facilities on a limited basis for essential employees amid the coronavirus pandemic, but healthy players are not allowed to return yet.

On Tuesday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell sent a memo to teams, informing them they must hold training camps at their main practice facilities because of the virus.  That doesn’t affect the Green Bay Packers, but ten of the league’s teams practiced away from their main practice facilities last year.

The memo also said teams will not be allowed to hold joint training camp practices with other teams.  That’s something the Packers did with the Houston Texans last year and were planning to do the same with the Cleveland Browns this year, but those plans are now on hold.

The issue is fairness.  The NFL feels if all 32 teams can’t hold on-field minicamp workouts, then there will be none.  Official start dates for training camps haven’t been announced either, but none of the teams are expected to start until all 32 teams can do so.

 

Minor League teams waiting for season to be canceled (AUDIO)

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Fox Cities Stadium

As Major League Baseball and the players association continue to negotiate a possible return to the field this summer, minor league teams have been left behind with little hope of a baseball season.

The Milwaukee Brewers single-A affiliate, Wisconsin Timber Rattlers are among the teams around the country that are expecting to hear of a cancellation to the season soon.

Timber Rattlers President Rob Zerjav told WRN on Monday that there’s no way minor league teams could have a season without fans in the stands.  Zerjav said they’re already losing money and it would be worse playing games without fans.

The Timber Rattlers officially opened back up on Monday, but Zerjav said they’re focussing their efforts on finding other ways to generate revenue, other than playing baseball games.

The Timber Rattlers home field (Fox Cities Stadium) has banquet facilities and has hosted weddings in the past.  They’re cooking up fish fry’s on Friday nights and doing other meal deals for fans.  They also own and manage the Northwoods League team in Fond du lac (Dock Spiders) and Zerjav is confident that team will start play on July 1.

In the meantime, the Rattlers are waiting for Major League Baseball to pull the plug on their season.  Zerjav said it’s not a matter of if, but more likely when.

AUDIO: Rob Zerjav said there’s too many things stacked against minor league teams to play this season :15

AUDIO: Rob Zerjav says they can’t afford to play games without fans :07

AUDIO: Rob Zerjav said it hasn’t happened yet, but cancellation is pretty much a done deal :09

Miller Park playing surface damaged

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Miller Park’s playing surface was damaged early this morning after an individual gained entry to the field.  The Milwaukee Brewers issued a statement saying the individual was apprehended a short time later.

The Brewers don’t consider the incident related to ongoing protests and damage being done in other areas of the city.

The person was apprehended a short time later by police after doing some minor damage to the field.

The Brewers grounds crew has been keeping Miller Park’s field ready for play if Major League Baseball resumes play.  If and when spring training resumes, the Brewers are expected to work out at Miller Park instead of their spring training facility in Phoenix.

 

Badgers secure commitment from standout pass rusher

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The Wisconsin Badger football team locked up one of their top defensive targets in their 2021 recruiting class, receiving a verbal commitment from Akron outside linebacker/defensive end Darryl Peterson.

This is a big get for Badgers coach Paul Chryst.  Peterson chose Wisconsin over Alabama, Michigan, Penn State and Minnesota among others.

Peterson recorded a school-record 21 sacks as a high school junior.  He gives the Badgers 12 known commitments for the 2021 class.

Shelton released by Cardinals

Former Badger defensive back Sojourn Shelton was waived by the Arizona Cardinals on Monday.

The 25-year-old Shelton originally signed with the Cardinals as an undrafted free agent out of Wisconsin in 2017.  He also spent time with the Bengals and Eagles before returning to Arizona.

During his college career at UW, Shelton recorded 129 tackles, nine interceptions, tow forced fumbles and a fumble recovery in 53 games.

 

Packers announce the signing of a third draft pick

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Packers GM Brian Gutekunst at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.

Three down and six more to go for the Green Bay Packers.

Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst announced the signing of sixth round draft pick, guard Simon Stepaniak out of Indiana.  Stepaniak was the third of three sixth round draft picks in the 2020 NFL Draft.

 

Grzesk pulls out of running for Green Bay men’s basketball job

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Gary Grzesk

St. Norbert college men’s basketball coach Gary Grzesk says he has pulled out of the running to be the next men’s basketball coach at his alma mater, UW-Green  Bay.

In a statement on his Twitter account, Grzesk made the following statement:

“Although the position of head men’s basketball coach at my alma mater seems like a natural fit, the timing (on many different levels) is not right for me.  I am withdrawing from consideration for the position.  There are a number of complex factors that went into this very difficult decision.  I’d like to thank St. Norbert, President Bruess, Tim Bald, and my staff for their support throughout this process.  We have a good group of returning players and a potentially strong incoming class that I’m looking forward to coaching.  I wish the men’s basketball program and the next head coach nothing but success.”

The Green Bay Phoenix job opened up when the school decided to part company with Linc Darner, who had six years left on his contract.

 

 

 

Packers restructure Lane Taylor’s contract

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Lane Taylor

Green Bay Packers guard Lane Taylor has agreed to redo the final year of his contract, saving about $3 million in cap space for the team.

As was first reported by NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, Taylor’s base salary for 2020 will drop from $3.8 million to $1.5 million.  Taylor can recoup another $1.5 million if certain incentives are met.

The Packers now have more than $13.89 million in cap space.

Taylor won the Packers starting left guard job last season and started the first two games before suffering a biceps injury during practice in week three, which ended his season.

The team’s second round draft pick, Elgton Jenkins took over and played so well that he landed a spot on the Pro Football Writers Association All-Rookie team.

Packers sign a second late round pick

The Green Bay Packers a second seventh round draft pick, safety Vernon Scott II out of TCU.  The team still has seven more draft selections to sign.