The Milwaukee Bucks will officially introduce Jon Horst, the team’s new General Manager, at a press conference on Monday, June 19, at 10 a.m.
Horst and Bucks owner Wes Edens will give remarks and answer questions.
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By Tim Fisher
The Milwaukee Bucks will officially introduce Jon Horst, the team’s new General Manager, at a press conference on Monday, June 19, at 10 a.m.
Horst and Bucks owner Wes Edens will give remarks and answer questions.
By Tim Fisher
The Wisconsin men’s basketball team will travel to Virginia as part of the 2017 Big Ten/ACC Challenge, as announced on Thursday.
“We’re looking forward to squaring off with my good friend Tony Bennett and his team,” head coach Greg Gard said. “We have tremendous respect for him and the entire Bennett family. We know we’ll be facing a talented and well-coached team. This will be an exciting early-season test for our young group. Our entire non-conference schedule is shaping up to be really challenging and will force us to grow and learn in a hurry.”
Notables:
The Badgers and Cavaliers will battle in a rematch of a home-and-home Challenge series in which UVA won at the Kohl Center in 2012 and UW claimed a win in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2013.
Wisconsin has appeared in each of the 18 Big Ten/ACC Challenges, sporting a 9-9 all-time record and owning the second-best win percentage among Big Ten teams.
The Badgers have won their last two Challenge outings, winning at Syracuse in 2015 and beating the Orange at home in 2016.
Virginia has won three straight Big Ten/ACC Challenge games and is 11-6 all-time in the event. The Cavaliers are 6-2 at home in the Challenge.
Head coaches Greg Gard and Tony Bennett served together as assistant coaches at Wisconsin on the Badgers’ 2002 and 2003 Big Ten championship teams.
By Tim Fisher
Jimmy Nelson tossed six strong innings to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 6-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants in game three of their four game series at Miller Park Wednesday night.
Domingo Santana got the scoring started for the Brewers with a solo homer in the first. The Giants would respond with three runs in the top of the third to take a 3-1 lead.
Milwaukee would bounce back with two in the fourth to tie the ballgame as Jesus Aguilar led off with a single and advanced to second on an error. Travis Shaw drove in Aguilar with a single and Manny Pina knocked in Shaw with a sacrifice fly. The Brewers would retake the lead in the fifth when Aguilar would drive in Santana.
Orlando Arcia made it 5-3 with a double that drove home Pina in the sixth, and Jonathan Villar led off the seventh with a homer to round out the scoring.
Nelson notched his fourth win giving up three runs on seven hits and a walk with six strikeouts over six innings.
By Tim Fisher
Chase Anderson tossed 7 2/3 scoreless innings to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants at Miller Park.
Anderson has not allowed a run in his last three starts covering 21 2/3 innings.
The Brewers staked Anderson to a lead by posting four in the second inning. Hernan Perez led off the inning with his seventh home run of the season. Eric Sogard added a bloop double that scored two and Domingo Santana would cap the scoring with a RBI single.
Anderson helped himself in the third with a RBI double scoring Keon Broxton.
The Brewers and Giants play game three of the four game series on Wednesday night.
By Tim Fisher
The Mets’ Robert Gsellman was too much, both on the mound and at the plate, for the Milwaukee Brewers in a 4-2 series opening loss Monday.
Gsellman tossed seven innings of two-run ball on just three hits while striking out seven. At the dish, the pitcher added two RBIs.
Keon Broxton would drive in Jonathon Villar in the top of the fifth to start the scoring for the Brewers. The Mets would answer in the bottom half with three to take a lead they would not reliquish.
Domingo Santana would smash a solo homer in the sixth inning, his eighth long ball of the season.
Matt Garza takes the loss giving up four earned over 5 2/3s innings.
The Brewers lead in the NL Central remains at 1.5 as both the Cardinals and Cubs lost as well.
By Tim Fisher
The Brewers could not solve Pirates starter Francisco Liriano in dropping the finale of a three game series in Pittsburgh by the final of 5-3 Thursday night.
Liriano struck out 13 Milwaukee natters over 6 2/3 innings.
Jonathan Villar homored for the Brewers in the loss. Hernan Perez went two for four, scoring and driving in a run.
Matt Garza takes the loss surrendering five runs, four earned over five innings.
By Tim Fisher
Reports indicate that University of Wisconsin inside linebacker T.J. Edwards is expected to be sidelined indefinitely because of a foot injury.
A redshirt sophomore, Edwards started all 13 games last season and led the Badgers in tackles with 84,
By Tim Fisher
The Packers have applied to be the host city for the NFL Draft in 2019, 2020 and 2021, President/CEO Mark Murphy announced at the team’s annual shareholders’ meeting on Thursday.
The Packers previously applied for the honors when the NFL first announced that it would be rotating the draft around the country instead of holding it at Radio City Music Hall in New York City every year.
In the end, the NFL selected Chicago to host the 2015 and 2016 drafts. Philadelphia currently appears to be the front-runner for 2017.
While Green Bay might not be able to match the major metropolitan cities in hotels or conference centers, the Packers are hoping to use their history and tradition to entice the league to bring the draft to Green Bay.
“The league is still kind of feeling things out,” said Murphy to reporters after Thursday’s meeting. “I think the league is going to move it around. It really depends on what the priorities are for the league – is it just to generate revenue and room nights? I think we might be at a disadvantage.
“But we’re very unique across the league in terms of the kind of support you have within the community. I think particularly with some of the improvements and changes we’ve made to the stadium, I think that would be good to showcase.”
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By Tim Fisher
After two stratight games of struggles, the Brewers offense came to life as Milwaukee downs the Pirates 9-5 on Wednesday night in game two of the three game series in Pittsburgh.
The Brewers offense pounded out 12 hits on the night and scored twice in the second and third, once in the fourth, three in the sixth and finally one more in the eighth.
Jonathan Lucroy had three hits including a two-run single in the sixth inning. Ryan Braun, Jonathan Villar, and Hernan Perez each had two hits for Milwaukee. Chris Carter and Scooter Gennett drove in two runs each.
By Tim Fisher
The Badgers will hold their annual Wisconsin Football Family Fun Day from 3-5 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 7, at Camp Randall Stadium.
Always a highlight of UW’s preseason calendar, Family Fun Day offers fans of all ages the chance to meet the Badgers prior to the start of the 2016 season. Admission is free.
Plenty of familiar faces will be on hand including Bednarik, Butkus and Nagurski award contender Vince Biegel, Outland Trophy candidate Dan Voltz, Rimington Trophy nominee Michael Deiter and Doak Walker and Maxwell Award candidate Corey Clement. These players, along with the rest of the roster and head coach Paul Chryst, will be available for autographs and photos.
Fans also will receive complimentary team posters courtesy of American Family Insurance. [Read more…]