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 »
By Adam Roberts – 1/12/2021 We are now in the post-Trebek era of the popular evening game show ‘Jeopardy!’, and the show is currently trying to find a permanent host for the show going forward. In the interim, there will be a string of guest hosts that started yesterday evening with show icon Ken Jennings…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 1/12/2021 It’s been a shaky start to the 2021 NBA regular season as it pertains to COVID, with several key league stars coming down with the virus and others spotted not following protocols. As a result, the association is doling out additional measures to combat the surge in COVID-19 cases around…… Continue Reading »