This Week in ‘Re(ar)view’
It seems University of Wisconsin basketball coach Bo Ryan has finally figured out what virtually everyone else in the state already knew; that he should put his 5 best players on the floor to start the game……….and that Tim Jarmusz isn’t one of them.
Ryan reinserted recently returned forward Jon Leuer into the starting lineup at [...]
This Week in the Rearview Mirror
After last night’s loss at Minnesota, I think we can safely put the Wisconsin Badgers’ chances of winning the Big(11)Ten basketball championship to bed. Given where they’re at right now with trying to work forward Jon Leuer back into the lineup, I’m not sure those were realistic expectations in the first place. As [...]
Carrying the Torch?
So this past weekend I had emailed Dan Walsh, from the Daily Drink, about carrying on the torch of the Daily Drink Morning Coffee with a morning link dump/column. Dan was of course more than affable about it, so much so that he mentioned we would be continuing on with a similar daily feature on [...]
An Open Letter to the National Media
I was listening to ESPN radio Sportscenter Saturday with Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel as a guest promoting his fine new book about Super Bowl history. Right before the segment concluded, the host asked McGinn why quarterback Brett Favre continues to be held in contempt by many Packer fans. McGinn, being the arrogant ass [...]
Goodbye to an Old Friend
For the first time in 42 years, the Professional Golf Association will not have an event in Milwaukee. The board of directors of Milwaukee Golf Charities voted to disband this past week, officially ending the Greater Milwaukee Open golf tournament after failing to find a title sponsor that would have allowed it to continue.
Until 2004, the GMO was the [...]