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NFL officials erred in hands to the face penalty

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According to an ESPN report, NFL officials erred when they called a second hands-to-the-face penalty against Detroit defensive end Trey Flowers on Monday night, allowing the Green Bay Packers to run the clock down and kick a game winning field goal.

NFL executive vice president Troy Vincent said at the league’s fall meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Tuesday after the Packers knocked off the Lions 23-22 on Monday night.

Vincent said the two controversial hands-to-the-face penalties, called against Flowers, were a topic of discussion at a meeting with the competition committee on Tuesday.

Vincent said there was one penalty that they clearly support.  The other is something that you don’t want to see called.

In his pool report, referee Clete Blakeman explained what the umpire who threw the flags, Jeff Rice, saw on the fouls. [Read more…]

Packers comeback beats Lions in MNF

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Mason Crosby

Mason Crosby’s chip-shot 23-yard field goal as time expired gave the Green Bay Packers a 23-22 win over the Detroit Lions in Monday Night Football action at Lambeau Field.

After the ball sailed through the uprights, Crosby took a Lambeau Leap, the first of his 13-year career.  Or perhaps it could be called a Lambeau Lift as Crosby needed help from a teammate to climb into the stands.

Playing once again without injured wide receiver Davante Adams (turf toe), Aaron Rodgers completed 24 of 39 for 283 yards and two touchdowns.  The second of those two touchdowns went to Allen Lazard, good for the first touchdown catch in his brief two-year career. [Read more…]

Packers host Lions in MNF at Lambau Field tonight

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The Green Bay Packers face the Detroit Lions with first place on the line in Monday Night Football action at Lambeau Field tonight.

The Packers currently lead the NFC North (4-1).  Minnesota is next (4-2) and Detroit, which had their bye week off last week, is 2-1-1.

The Lions have won four straight against the Packers, winning twice each of the last two seasons.

For Detroit to have a shot at a fifth straight win, they’ll likely have to scheme to hold down Packers running back Aaron Jones.  With Davante Adams out of the Green Bay lineup again this week, next in line is Jones, who rushed for more than 100 yards and scored four touchdowns against the Cowboys last week.  He combined (rushing & receiving) for more than 180 yards in the Packers win. [Read more…]

2019 Milwaukee BBWAA Award Winners announced

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The Milwaukee Brewers announced their postseason award winners today as selected by a panel from the Milwaukee Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA).

Outfielder Christian Yelich earned Brewers Most Valuable Player honors for the second straight season after hitting .329 with 44 HR, 97 RBI and 30 stolen bases in 130 games.  He led the Major Leagues in slugging percentage (.671) and OPS (1.100) and the National League in batting average and on-base percentage (.429).  The batting title was his second in as many seasons, the first to accomplish this feat in the National League since the Rockies’ Larry Walker in 1998 and 1999.

Brandon Woodruff, a first time All-Star, was voted Brewers Most Valuable Pitcher after going 11-3 with a 3.62 ERA in 22 starts.  Woodruff was the team leader in wins, strikeouts (143) and quality starts (10). [Read more…]

Bucks start trimming their roster

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With only one preseason game left on Thursday night against Minnesota and the regular season opener a week from Thursday against Houston, the Milwaukee Bucks started trimming their roster today.

The Bucks requested waivers on guard Jaylen Adams and forward Luke Maye.

Signed as a free agent on Aug. 20, Adams appeared in two games for the Bucks this preseason and averaged 4.5 points and 3.0 rebounds in 13.0 minutes per game.

Undrafted out of the University of North Carolina, Maye appeared in three games for the Bucks this preseason and averaged 2.3 points and 1.3 rebounds in 5.8 minutes per game.

 

Kelly caps PGA Champions Tour regular season with victory

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Madison’s Jerry Kelly fired a final round 7-under-par 65 to earn a one-shot win over David McKenzie in the SAS Championship.  It was the final regular-season event on the PGA Tour Champions in North Carolina.

Woody Austin, Doug Barron and David Toms all tied for third.

Kelly finished at 16-under 200, picked up his third win of the year on the PGA Tour Champions, carrying momentum into the postseason playoffs, which begin in two weeks.

Kelly is $221,430 behind Scott McCarron in the Charles Schwab Cup standings.  Points are double in the three Schwab Cup playoff events.

Wisconsin sweeps Minnesota, sits along atop the Big Ten

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Wisconsin coach Kelly Sheffield

With the top spot in the Big Ten Conference on the line, number seven Wisconsin swept number six Minnesota in a battle for the top spot in the league on Sunday.

The Badgers swept the Gophers, 25-18, 25-15, 25-20, to earn its third straight sweep, its third win over a top-10 team in its last four matches, and its first Border Battle win since 2014 – also when it won its last Big Ten Championship.

The Badgers held Minnesota to a .188 hitting percentage (31 kills – 12 errors – 101 attempts).  Senior libero Tiffany Clark totaled a match-high 14 digs, and Madison Duello and Danielle Hart finished with three blocks each, holding down the front line.

Offensively, junior Dana Rettke finished with a match-high 16 kills, hitting an even .500 (16-2-28) on the day.  Molly Haggerty added 12 kills for the Badgers. [Read more…]

Johnson secures 500th coaching victory in Columbus

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Mark Johnson – (Photo by David Stluka)

The top-ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team is on quite a roll, improving to 6-0 on the season after sweeping 8th ranked Ohio State 7-3 in Columbus on Saturday night.

The win is the 500th for head coach Mark Johnson with the Badgers.  Johnson became the first NCAA national Collegiate women’s ice hockey coach to reach 500 victories.

The Badgers (6-0-0, 2-0-0-0 WCHA) found themselves in an unfamiliar position early on as the Buckeyes (4-2-0, 2-2-0-0) scored an even-strength goal, the first even-strength goal UW has given up in more than nine games, to take a 1-0 lead.

However, Wisconsin would take a 2-1 lead into the first break thanks to a pair of power-play goals. [Read more…]

Badgers rout Merrimack to split opening weekend

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The Wisconsin Badger men’s hockey team pulled out their first win of the season, rolling to a 11-5 win over Merrimack in North Andover, Massachusetts on Saturday night.

After falling 5-3 to Boston College on Friday night, Wisconsin racked up double-digit goals with three Badgers netting two goals each.

Freshman Cole Caufield scored twice, after netting two goals on Friday as well.  Alex Turcott and K’Andre Miller also scored a pair of Badger goals.

Wisconsin started show in the first, but picked up the pace with a six-goal second period.  The other Badger goal scorers included Tyler Inamoto, Dylan Holloway, Mick Messner, Roman Ahcan and Ty Pelton-Byce.

Fifteen different Badgers scored points in Saturday’s win.  Cole Caufield, Ahcan and Turcotte each had three.

The last time Wisconsin scored 11 or more goals came against Northern Michigan in 1992.

The Badgers return Madison for their home opener next weekend.  The Badgers will face two-time defending National Champion Minnesota-Duluth in a two-game series starting Friday night at the Kohl Center.

 

Badgers blank Michigan State for 4th shutout of the season

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The Michigan State Spartans tried to close the door on Wisconsin’s Heisman Trophy candidate Jonathan Taylor on Saturday.  While they held him to a season-low 80 yards on 26 carries, the Badgers found other ways to pull out a 38-0 victory at Camp Randall Stadium.  Taylor did score two rushing touchdowns, and continues to lead the nation in scoring.  He has 14 rushing touchdowns and eight receiving touchdowns on the season.

It’s also the 13th time in his career, that Taylor has rushed for multiple touchdowns in a game.

The Badgers did rush for 222 yards for the game.  Wide receiver Kendric Pryor scored on a 66-yard run.  Kakia Watson added 34 yards and Aron Cruickshank added 28.

Badger quarterback Jack Coan completed 18 of 21 for 180 yards and a touchdown and the Badgers defense did the rest, pulling out their 6th straight win to start the season.  Coan completed passes to eight difference receivers, with tight end Jake Ferguson and wide out Danny Davis leading the way with four catches each. [Read more…]