By Adam Roberts – 12/7/2020 As high school basketball begins for some this week, we continue to wait and see what will happen to sports at area colleges like UWL, Winona State, WTC, and Viterbo. But at least as far as the last school goes, it looks like some make up dates are on the…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 12/7/2020 As we all know, sports are a day-to-day experience in 2020, and it was only a matter of time before that happened to Wisconsin men’s basketball. It appears as though the ACC/Big Ten Challenge will now unofficially be the A10/Big Ten Challenge for Wisconsin. Wednesday’s scheduled game against Louisville has…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 12/7/2020 While record setting is nothing new to Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, he still says he enjoys getting to create those special moments. And he is now the fastest quarterback to get to 400 career touchdown passes, doing it in his 193rd regular season game, 12 fewer than the Saints’ Drew Brees,…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 12/4/2020 The Bucks this afternoon released their schedule up to the All Star Break. As we already knew, Milwaukee will open the regular season on December 23rd against the Celtics on the road. That will be followed by a Christmas Day home game against Steph and the Warriors. Other interesting schedule…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 12/4/2020 Looks like players in the NBA will no longer have to heed Stephen A. Smith’s advice to stay OFF the weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed. The NBA and its players union are agreeing not to conduct random marijuana tests during the upcoming season. While citing the circumstances around the COVID-19 pandemic, a league spokesperson…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 12/4/2020 Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph have both been nominated for the 7th annual Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award. The award recognizes players who exemplify outstanding sportsmanship on the field, and was created in 2014 to honor the late Steelers founder. Although no Packer or Viking player has…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 12/3/2020 Anytime the MSHSL Board convenes for a meeting, John Millea is an excellent Twitter account to follow for up-to-date info. And he was busy again today. According to John, the board today came to a decision on dates for the start of winter sports in Minnesota, which are dependent on…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 12/3/2020 Though I sadly had to sit on the sidelines once again this year for the nine-day gun deer season, the good vibes I was sending out to all the hunters in the woods/cornfields/marshlands clearly paid off, with 2020 a banner year for whitetail deer harvesting. According to the Wisconsin DNR,…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 12/3/2020 A former All Star pitcher for the Brewers has a new home with the world champions. Ahead of the Wednesday deadline to tender contracts to players, Corey Knebel was traded by the organization yesterday to the Dodgers for a player to be named later or cash considerations. Knebel played in…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 12/2/2020 Despite the previous article I wrote detailing the return of wide receiver Adam Thielen to the Minnesota Vikings as they try and manufacture a wild card run, change is still needed on the Vikings special teams unit, which came yesterday evening. The Vikings have cut long snapper Austin Cutting, a…… Continue Reading »