By Adam Roberts – 7/6/2021 One of the Brewers’ pieces from the Willy Adames trade is already off to a new location in exchange for a new first baseman. According to Ken Rosenthal, the team is acquiring Rowdy Tellez from the Toronto Blue Jays and sending away picther Trevor Richards. Rosenthal said any other pieces…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 7/6/2021 The Bucks may once again be without Giannis this evening when they take the court for Game One of the NBA Finals against Phoenix. Orrrrrrrr maybe not. The team has officially upgraded Giannis from doubtful to questionable tonight as they gauge how game-ready the Greek Freak’s hyperextended knee is. Giannis…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 7/6/2021 Yes this is a Rodgers story. No, it does not revolve around his standing with the team. Today, Aaron will team up with Bryson DeChambeau in a competition against Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady at Moonlight Basin in Big Sky, Montana as part of this year’s edition of “The Match”. The…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 7/5/2021 On the ESPN La Crosse 105.5 Twitter page, we put the chance of Packers’ quarterback Aaron Rodgers using the COVID-19 opt-out as his reason for missing this season at somewhere around 0.00000000000000000000001%. Looks like the likely path played out. Rodgers passed on the NFL’s COVID opt-out option. The deadline to…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 7/5/2021 The high of the Milwaukee Bucks making the first NBA Finals since 1974 seemed to wear off pretty quickly for the Bucks players after the ECF win over Atlanta Saturday night. While there were certainly plenty of smiles to be found in the locker room during postgame, I’d say the…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 7/2/2021 Any further games at the Brewers’ Maryvale, Arizona will have to wait while the organization deals with an outbreak of COVID cases. The Journal Sentinel’s Todd Rosiak reports the team has had multiple positive cases recently, resulting in the facility shutting down. All games have been scratched from the Brewers’…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 7/2/2021 Joint practices in the NFL are nothing new, but it can be easy to forget that they happen during the training camp period. They can usually be a hotbed for pushing and shoving matches as players start to ratchet up their competitive sides. Brian Costello reports that this year, Green…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 7/2/2021 All day yesterday leading up to the Bucks-Hawks game, I had to hear about how the Bucks needed Khris Middleton to become Batman with Giannis out of commission. Not many considered the possibility that maybe, just maybe, the locker room would rally around their injured teammate and take the opportunity…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 7/1/2021 No surprises here, but tonight’s Game Five in Milwaukee will not feature the services of the Greek Freak. Giannis was officially ruled out by the team this afternoon, a likely indication that Giannis will probably miss the remainder of the Eastern Conference Finals with his hyperextended knee. The good news…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 7/1/2021 It’s been apparent since the Supreme Court ruling, but the future of sports in America will in some way revolve around sports betting. Be it physical sports books, mobile betting, radio shows discussing lines and over/unders, betting is here to stay. Slowly but surely states have begun making plans to…… Continue Reading »