Decommissioning Blue
The University of Wisconsin basketball team may have lost a future recruit this week when Madison Memorial junior guard Vander Blue withdrew an earlier verbal committment to the Badgers. In doing so, Blue sounded like a normal confused 16 year old with a big decision looming over his head. Blue didn’t rule out an eventual signing with [...]
QUICK HIT: Brewers Third Basemen
Milwaukee Brewers 3rd baseman Bill Hall failed to deliver in key situations against right handed pitchers in consecutive games this week. Wednesday night, Hall came to the plate as the tying run as the Brewers were rallying in the 9th inning against the Houston Astros. Hall struck out on three pitches against Chris Sampson, his [...]
QUICK HIT: Dilfer on Favre
ESPN football analyst Trent Dilfer was being interviewed on the Jim Rome radio program yesterday when the topic turned to our favorite sports soap opera. While noting the inherent pitfalls in a possible return to the NFL by “retired” quarterback Brett Favre, Dilfer went on to say that, as a former player himself, he could [...]
PD UPDATE: The Dead Zone
As a public service to both regular readers of this space, I’d like to reassure them that we haven’t given up. It’s just that this seems to be a quiet period in Wisconsin sports. Oh sure, I could repeat the latest speculation on the most recent notion of a second-hand rumor regarding a certain future [...]
Color Me Skeptical
Nick Collins says it is all a misunderstanding. He didn’t stay away from Packers off-season workouts because he was pissed about his contract situation. Of course not, silly: He was just having some “family issues.” Sure. To me this sounds like the guy who suddenly leaves his job “to spend more time with my family” [...]
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