By Adam Roberts – 12/29/2020 The NCAA is starting a public awareness campaign to promote the benefits of wearing masks. The NCAA has filed a trademark for “Mask Madness.” The official filing says the NCAA will sell “Mask Madness” branded face masks and use the campaign to bring more awareness and promote the benefits of…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 12/29/2020 The grind of a college basketball season often means great teams will slip up against a team they should beat a handful of times during the year. At the pro level, we saw that on Sunday as the Bucks fell to the Knicks. Last night, it happened to the Badgers.…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 12/28/2020 It hasn’t been too often in recent history that an Aquinas girl’s basketball team has found themselves in a hole needing to climb out, but that was the case today against Lake Mills. Down 43-25 to the #2 (D3) L-Cats, the Blugolds found scoring where they have so far this…… Continue Reading »
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 »