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NFL releases dates for offseason workouts

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The National Football League released offseason workout dates for its teams.

The Green Bay Packers will start phase three of their offseason program with OTA’s on May 24.  OTA’s will run May 24-25, June 1-2, June 4, June 7-8 and June 10.

The Packers mandatory veteran minicamp is set for June 15-17.

All NFL teams are in phase one of the offseason program, which runs from April 19-May 14.  Activities during that period are limited to strength and conditioning, virtual meetings and physical rehabilitation.  The Packers have been going through phase one activities virtually.

The Packers will host a rookie minicamp May 14-15, before the start of OTA’s.

 

St. Norbert College hires new Athletic Director

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Cam Fuller

St. Norbert College has named Cam Fuller the college’s 15th Director of Athletics and Physical Education on Tuesday.

Fuller will take over on June 1 after spending eight years at the Horizon League office in Indianapolis where he is currently the league’s Assistant Commissioner for Competition, Branding and Sponsorship.  He began his career with the Horizon League in August 2013 as an intern for championships and communications and progressed into roles as Assistant Director for Competition, Director for Competition and Senior Director for Competition, Branding & Sponsorship before advancing to his current position.

Fuller succeeds Tim Bald, who is retiring after 17 years at the helm of Green Knights athletics.  He’ll be formally introduced to the college community in a press conference at 10 a.m. Monday, May 10 at Mulva Family Fitness and Sports Center.

Fuller is a native of Sturgeon Bay, Wis., and a 2013 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay with a Bachelor of Business Administration with an emphasis in marketing and management.  He was a standout golfer for the Phoenix, finishing as the Horizon League individual runnner-up in 2012, and was a four-year member of its Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.  He completed his Master of Science in sports management at the University of Indianapolis in 2020.

 

Yelich back on Brewers Injured List (AUDIO)

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Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich was activated from the injured list on Monday.  Twenty-Four hours later, Yelich landed back on the injured list after his

Christian Yelich

back didn’t respond to game action like they had hoped it would.

“I think it goes to finding more answers and trying to get a better hold on what we’ve got going on, stop it from happening and get back out there healthy,” said Yelich on Tuesday.  “I’m not where I need to be to go out there on an everyday basis.  I wasn’t where I needed to be yesterday.  It just wasn’t good.  I was able to make it through the game but being able to stack them on top of each other, just health-wise and be able to play at a certain level, just wasn’t there.  That’s pretty much back to where we are.”

Prior to Monday’s activation, Yelich has already missed three weeks because of the back issue and the Brewers don’t know exactly what they’re dealing with.  They’ve already had MRI’s performed on Yelich that show no structural damage. [Read more…]

Badgers add to non-conference football schedule

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The University of Wisconsin has added another solid opponent to its future non-conference football schedule, reaching a agreement to play Utah in 2028 and 2033.

The Badgers will host the Utes on Sept. 16, 2028 and play in Salt Lake City on Sept. 10, 2033.

In 16 seasons, Coach Kyle Whittingham has posted a 134-66 overall record, 80-54 in league play.

Besides Utah, the Badgers will face Notre Dame this fall, then have home-and-home non-conference series against Washington State, Alabama, Pittsburgh, UCLA and Virginia Tech.

Packers agree to terms with rookie free agents

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The Green Bay Packers announced Monday that they’ve agreed to terms with seven rookie free agents.

The list includes former Wisconsin Badger Jon Dietzen.  The Black Creek, Wis. native, played his high school ball at Seymour High School before moving to Madison.  He played in 42 games with 39 starts for the Badgers.

In 2016-17, Dietzen played in 23 games with 20 starts at left guard and then in 2018 started all 12 games at left tackle.  After retiring following the 2018 season due to injuries, Dietzen returned in 2020 and started all seven games (four at left guard, two at left tackle, one at right guard).  Last season he played 437 snaps, the third most of any UW player.

Dietzen becomes the second member of the Badgers team to join the Packers after offensive lineman Cole Van Lanen was selected in the 6th round of the draft on Saturday.

The six other undrafted free agents the Packers agreed to contract terms are as follows:

Jacob Capra         6’5  300  OL    San Diego State
Coy Cronk            6’4  318  OL    Iowa
Bailey Gaither       6’0  188  WR   San Jose State
Jack Heflin            6’3  304  DL    Iowa
Carlo Kemp          6’3  281  LB     Michigan
Christian Uphoff   6’3  209   S     Illinois State

 

Rodgers draws his line in the sand, says he wants out of Green Bay

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Aaron Rodgers

Despite Aaron Rodgers telling the Green Bay Packers he no longer wants to play in Green Bay, the Packers are at least saying that they believe Rodgers will be barking out signals at Lambeau Field in 2021.

Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst delivered that message to reporters following day one of the NFL Draft on Thursday night.

Earlier in the day, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that Rodgers had become so disgruntled with the team that he wanted out.

The 37-year-old quarterback, coming off his third NFL MVP honor, is under contract through the 2023 season.  But he has no more guaranteed money left on his deal.

ESPN reported that Gutekunst, Packers coach Matt LaFleur and team president Mark Murphy each met with Rodgers on separate occasions during the offseason and according to the NFL Network, Rodgers had his agent (David Dunn) recently fly to Green Bay for several days of meetings about the situation. [Read more…]

NFL Draft starts tonight

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GM Brian Gutekunst

The 2021 NFL Draft kicks off in Cleveland on Thursday night (7 p.m. CT) with the opening round.  Rounds 2 & 3 are Friday night with rounds 4-7 wrapping up on Saturday.

Armed with 10 selections for the third straight year, the Packers will have some opportunities to do some moving around if they wish.

General Manager Brian Gutekunst enters his 23rd draft with the Packers and fourth as GM.  Last year, Gutekunst selected nine players overall with four players seeing action in10-plus regular-season games as rookies (G Jon Runyan, 16 / S Vernon Scott, 15 / RB A.J. Dillon, 11 / LB Kamal Martin, 10). [Read more…]

Yelich still struggling with lower back issue (AUDIO)

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Christian Yelich

Christian Yelich was eligible to come off the Milwaukee Brewers injured list over the weekend, but that doesn’t appear to be ready to happen anytime soon.

An MRI on the outfielder’s strained lower back showed no major issues, but Yelich was sent back to Milwaukee after manager Craig Counsell said he hit a “plateau” in his recovery.

Yelich hasn’t played in a game with the Brewers since April 11.

“We basicly just ruled out anything significant structurally that would show up on the MRI,” Counsell said Sunday.  “We still need to make progress to get him back on the field and so from that perspective not much has changed.  But we’ll keep moving forward and see what some activity tomorrow at the field brings.”

Yelich is hitting .333 (10-for-30) in nine games with the Brewers this season.

AUDIO: Craig Counsell on Yelich’s condition after MRI :21

Carthage captures D-3 Men’s Volleyball Title

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The Carthage College (Kenosha) men’s volleyball team beat Benedictine in five sets on Saturday to win the NCAA Division III championship in Salem, Virginia.  The win marks the first title since Carthage started competing in athletics back in 1895.

Senior Matt Slivinski had 22 kills and was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.

Carthage capped off the season with a perfect 23-0 record and had victories in 69 of the 72 sets they played.

 

Brewers top pick to start Minor League career in the Fox Cities

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Garrett Mitchell – Photo Courtesy of the Milwaukee Brewers

Milwaukee Brewers 2020 first-round draft pick Garrett Mitchell will begin his pro baseball career in the Fox Cities with the High-A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers.

Mitchell was the 20th overall pick by the Brewers out of UCLA.  The centerfielder had an outstanding spring with the Brewers in Phoenix, playing in 22 games and hitting .355 (11 for 31) with one home run, six RBI, three stolen bases and .973 OPS.

The performance likely had the Brewers feeling good about having Mitchell skip Low-A Carolina and proceed to Wisconsin.

It’ll be Mitchell’s pro debut after his rookie season last year was cancelled by the pandemic.