By Adam Roberts – 12/28/2020 Bad shooting nights are bound to happen from time-to-time in the NBA, but Milwaukee’s performance against a consensus bad team like the Knicks is still quite embarrassing. Thankfully the Packers were on at the same time to distract most of us. The Bucks finished the game shooting 18.4 percent from…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 12/28/2020 Litmus test games, sometimes called barometers of success, are commonplace in Week 16 of the NFL regular season. Teams often use this week to gauge their readiness for the postseason, and fans can use it to determine if their team is legit or perhaps a playoff imposter. If this is…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 12/24/2020 Jayson Tatum banked in a three with 0.4 seconds left to lift the Boston Celtics over the Bucks 122-121, but if you listened to national radio this morning all you’d hear about was how Giannis Antetokounmpo failed to tie the game with a missed second free throw at the foul line.…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 12/23/2020 The Bucks will open the 2021 season tonight against the Celtics in Boston, hoping that this season they take that next step on their quest to win an NBA Championship. Milwaukee will look to have a better start to the regular season than the preseason, where it went 0-and-3, and…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 12/23/2020 Perhaps more than ever this year, the giving spirit of the holidays is taking importance. And Kirk Cousins and his wife are spreading the holiday cheer 60 families wide this year. The Vikings quarterback and wife, Julie, adopted an entire shelter through The Cousins Foundation to help families provide gifts for…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 12/23/2020 Upsets in high school basketball are harder to come by than you might think. At this level of competition, the difference between the haves and have-nots is usually wide enough that the favorite wins most games. And at halftime, the score between the second-ranked (D5) Bangor ladies and Luther was…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 12/22/2020 The Milwaukee Brewers have grabbed a utilityman off of waivers. The Crew acquired all-around fielder Tim Lopes from Seattle today, to bring the 40-man roster to a total of 37 players. Lopes last season appeared in 46 games for the Mariners, recording 34 hits including 12 doubles and two home…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 12/22/2020 Back in 2015, the future of the Milwaukee Bucks in the Milwaukee area was in jeopardy with the aging Bradley Center the third oldest arena in the NBA and the league demanding an upgrade. If that did not happen, it was very possible the team would relocate to Seattle or…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 12/22/2020 While the format will not be typical this year, the list of 2020 NFL Pro Bowlers was released yesterday, and as usual caused discussion over who had been snubbed from the list. Green Bay had seven players named to the Pro Bowl, which will be played as a virtual video…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 12/21/2020 While he certainly made a name for himself as an All-Pro linebacker between his rookie year in 1985 and his final season with Carolina in 1999, it wouldn’t be until the 2010 NFL season when Kevin Greene would get his coveted Super Bowl ring. The third-leading sacker in league history…… Continue Reading »