By Adam Roberts – 1/18/2021 The gritty Big Ten schedule continued last week for the Wisconsin men, who find themselves one spot lower in this week’s AP poll but still in the Top 10. The drop one spot from ninth follows a week including a 23 point loss at #7 Michigan followed by a hard-fought…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 1/18/2021 The Packers officially had 8,456 season ticket holders, frontline healthcare workers and first responders in attendance for Saturday’s 32-18 win over the LA Rams. Afterwards, a number of players including both Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams noted the impact that playing in front of fans had on them, particularly in the…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 1/15/2021 No arbitration necessary for the Brewers and Josh Hader. Today the team avoided another hearing with the reliever by agreeing to a one-year, 6.65 million dollar deal for 2021. You might remember the NL’s saves leader had to have his 2020 salary decided by an arbitration panel last winter. In…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 1/15/2021 A big shakeup is coming in Wisconsin high school basketball this year due largely to the number of teams oping out of the postseason this year or being unwilling to host playoff games against teams from too far away. Per Wissports.net, the WIAA is moving up a bunch of its…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 1/14/2021 In game prepping for this weekend’s NFC Divisional Round game against the Rams, Packers coaches until today needed to prepare for the possibility of three different quarterbacks potentially starting for LA. John Wolford started for the Rams last week in the Wild Card round against Seattle, Jared Goff was considered…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 1/14/2021 As we’ve seen in the NBA the last few weeks, not playing games in a bubble can make for a difficult time suppressing the spread of COVID-19. Winona State is finding this out the hard way as well, though through no fault of their own. Once again this weekend, their…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 1/14/2021 Just days after acquiring veteran offensive tackle Jared Veldheer from the Colts, the Packers had to place him on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Veldheer tested positive for COVID-19 but thankfully he reportedly didn’t expose any other players after contract tracing was done. Per ESPN’s Rob Demovsky, the team’s next step is…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 1/13/2021 Despite the ongoing pandemic and the fact that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were postponed as a result of it, the plan to pick up the games this summer appears to still be a go. Per the Associated Press, organizers say the Tokyo Olympics will go on despite public opposition during a…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 1/13/2021 I know Stugotz has left ESPN for the new and exciting waters of pirate radio, but I will still channel the Gotz as I say… Listenerrrrrrrs…*ding*…the Midwest Players Classic…*ding*…is BACK!…*ding*. A couple of years ago the MPC set an attendance record when 4,325 people came out to watch the competition…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 1/13/2021 Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Broncos have found the man who will replace John Elway as GM with Elway relinquishing the role this offseason. Assistant Vikings GM George Paton was the candidate to beat coming into the week, and now has secured the Denver GM job over candidates like Bears…… Continue Reading »