By Adam Roberts – 11/11/2020 I’m switching things up a little bit this week. Since Minnesota traditionally plays its final week of the regular season out on Wednesday and Thursday, I’ll be splitting up the weekly preview into two parts. It’s primarily for my benefit so I’m not doing a ton of games on the…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 11/11/2020 Over the last 24 hours, La Crosse Central and Logan announced they would be postponing their winter sports over COVID-19 concerns, and at the college level UWL basketball is on hold for the moment. But last night at R.W. Beggs Sr. Gym the Viterbo women took the floor against Culver…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 11/10/2020 The Badger men’s basketball schedule continues to come together piece by piece. We already knew that Wisconsin would have at least three games to play in addition to their Big Ten schedule with games planned against Eastern Illinois November 25th, at Marquette on December 4th, and against Louisville in Madison…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 11/10/2020 Bucks guard Sterling Brown has agreed to a 750-thousand-dollar settlement in his civil rights lawsuit against the city of Milwaukee. In January of 2018, Brown says police targeted him outside a Walgreens because he is Black. Police used a stun gun on Brown when he didn’t remove his hands from…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 11/10/2020 Not that many are surprised, but Brewers’ reliever Devin Williams secured the National League Rookie of the Year award yesterday evening after a 2020 season that saw him become one of the toughest relief pitcher to hit. Especially his change up, one of the nastiest pitches in baseball at the…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 11/9/2020 There’s still no official schedule released for the Wisconsin Badger men, but optimism must be running pretty high at the Associated Press. Wisconsin opens the 2020-21 season ranked 7th in the nation’s premiere poll, one of a number of Big Ten schools to make the list. Ahead of the Badgers…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts 11/9/2020 The winds of change are blowing at La Crosse Central High School today, where the school announced it would be dropping its “Red Raider” mascot name. Principal Troy McDonald released a statement today, in which he notes that this conversation has been going on for a number of years. “The proud tradition…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 11/9/2020 While the regular season continues for one more week in Minnesota, we’ve have arrived at the postseason in Wisconsin, though it will be a completely different format from anything we’re used to. If you missed my summary from last week’s High School Football Preview or our post on Facebook Saturday,…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 11/6/2020 Its baseball awards season right now, and as we continue to wait for word on whether or not Brewers’ reliever Devin Williams will be the NL Rookie of the Year, one big bat for Minnesota is bringing home some hardware. Twins’ designated hitter Nelson Cruz has claimed his fourth Silver Slugger…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 11/6/2020 A little while ago, a map published by the New York Times showed where COVID-19 cases were spiking the most in the nation. Areas hit hardest by the virus were dark red, and while you might think densely-populated urban centers would dominate the map, there was one area that stood…… Continue Reading »