By Adam Roberts – 7/19/2021 The challenge for the Milwaukee Bucks Saturday night: go into a raucous Footprint Center and win on the road against a Suns team that had won two previous home games in the NBA Finals fairly decidedly. The response from the Bucks: 32, 9, and 6 from Giannis, 29, 7, and…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 7/16/2021 The head of the NCAA is calling on the organization to play a smaller role in college sports. President Mark Emmert on Thursday said the organization that regulates student athletes should play a smaller governance role on many issues, and delegate more decision-making power to schools and conferences. Emmert said…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 7/16/2021 The Packers won’t be heading overseas this year, and won’t have to give up a possible home game for an overseas contest until either 2022 or 2024. But the NFL does have details for how international games will work starting this season. The NFL says each team will play at…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 7/15/2021 The All-Star break was supposed to end yesterday in the Bronx, but COVID issues with the Yankees forced the postponement of the scheduled game against rival Boston. While this series is currently the only one impacted by this problem remember that Aaron Judge, one of those who’ve tested positive, was…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 7/15/2021 While Kyle Casper will be the only La Crosse Logger representing the team in the Northwoods League All-Star Game next week Tuesday, the team WILL have a couple more faces present at All-Star festivities the day before. Both Ronnie Sweeney and Chase Davis will participate in the Home Run Challenge.…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 7/15/2021 Yesterday I did a write up on Jacy Weisbrod’s decision to attend Northern Colorado in two seasons and remarked on her becoming yet another Aquinas Blugold to make plans for post-high school basketball. One of Weisbrod’s former teammates who’s already made her mark at the collegiate is looking to both…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 7/15/2021 With Kareem and Oscar in the house, and 25,000+ outside Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee was in a position to either make the 2021 NBA Finals a best-of-three or fall into a daunting 3-1 hole with two road wins necessary to win the Finals. In Game Three, Giannis was the superstar with…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 7/14/2021 Aquinas girl’s basketball under head coach Dave Donarski has churned out its fair share of college athletes over the years, and they can lay claim to another one today. WXOW’s Scott Emerich reports that senior Jacy Weisbrod has chosen to attend Northern Colorado, a Division One member of the Big…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 7/14/2021 The Washington Wizards have started to finalize the names on their list of head coach candidates, and two Milwaukee assistants are on the list. Darvin Ham and Charles Lee join Denver assistant Wes Unseld Jr. as finalists for the position, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Ham has been the lead…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 7/14/2021 The National League just can’t catch a break in the MLB All-Star Game. With yesterday’s 5-2 loss to the American League, the NL has now dropped eight straight midsummer classics. For me, the primary reason for watching last night’s game was two-fold. First and foremost, I wanted to finally get…… Continue Reading »