By Adam Roberts – 4/15/2021 We already knew that the Midwest Players Classic was getting a big buff for 2022, expanding to a two-day schedule at the renovated La Crosse Center. Now we know the full schedule for the 2021 event, and it includes the MPC’s first foray into Nebraska! Both days will begin with…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 4/15/2021 While at home recovering from my second COVID shot yesterday, I hopped on Twitter for a little bit to follow along with the Brewers-Cubs series finale for a bit, mostly because I, like many of us, can not get the Brewers on my tv thanks to the lovely television situation…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 4/13/2021 The NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero is reporting that the NFL is making a strong push to get team employees vaccinated against COVID-19 while not going so far as to directly mandate them. In a memo released today, the league said that “any team employee who refuses a COVID-19 vaccination without…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 4/13/2021 The NFL Draft is just over two weeks away, which is excellent news for those who can’t turn off the football switch in their brain after the Super Bowl. Similarly, many people around here can’t wait for UWL football to return to Roger Harring Stadium. The feeling is amplified this…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 4/12/2021 The Minnesota Twins and Boston Red Sox won’t be playing baseball today following a deadly police shooting just outside Minneapolis. The Twins released a statement saying “it is in the best interests” of many including players and fans to postpone the game. The team says the league was consulted in…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 4/12/2021 While the season didn’t end the way Caledonia boy’s basketball would have liked Saturday in the Twin Cities, they had a heck of a run to the AA title game where they very nearly brought down the top-ranked team in Minnesota. On top of just making it to that point,…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 4/12/2021 The 20th-ranked Viterbo women’s volleyball team needed five sets to do it, but with their 3-2 comeback victory Saturday over #17 Bellevue, they secured a NSAA Tournament championship. That’s now seven NSAA Tournament titles in a row for the V-Hawks, who were led by senior Maya Roberts with 19 kills…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 4/12/2021 The positives from this weekend? Both the Brewers and Bucks picked up big wins yesterday; the Crew defeated the Cardinals 9-3 to secure the series win while the Bucks stomped on the Magic to end a three-game losing streak. The negatives? The injury bug is biting both teams. Both Christian…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 4/9/2021 Those of you who listened to games in the NBA bubble last summer may have heard some play-by-play from current Bucks sideline reporter Zora Stephenson. Tonight, she’ll be on the call for the Bucks-Hornets game, making her the first female to call a Bucks’ regular season game. A product of…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 4/9/2021 We’ve all heard and become familiar with the term “load management” by now. And with the length of a NBA season combined with the ever-increasing demand of its star athletes, it’s no surprise that teams are more and more frequently putting their big names out of games that largely are…… Continue Reading »