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Sunday Morning Musings

The Milwaukee Brewers have stumbled upon a unique solution to the conundrum that was the difference between their home and road records. They’ve begun to lose on the road, too. The Brewers have dropped 4 of 5 games so far on their current... read more »

 

Soccer Narcolepsy-Catch It!

My day job requires me to get up early in the morning. Part of my morning ritual involves listening to ESPN Radio’s ‘All Night with Jason Smith’ as I’m getting ready for work. I usually get to hear the final hour of... read more »

 

Saturday Morning Musings

Since this is a holiday weekend and even less people than normal will be reading, this will be more of a truncated, stream of conciousness SMM as I don’t want to spend too much time thinking…….. Last week in this space I wondered... read more »

 

Sunday Morning Musings

This morning’s post is a tad late as I was a guest of my nephew Wally at last night’s Bucks game in Milwaukee. Many thanks to Wally’s friends John & Darcy for arranging the outing. We learned a number of things over the... read more »

 

Sunday Morning Musings

Just when I was ready to get back on the Milwaukee Bucks ‘bandwagon’, disaster strikes. After a couple of ugly stumbles last week, I questioned whether the Bucks were reverting to their not so glorious form. But they rebounded to... read more »

 

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... read more »

 

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... read more »

 

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... read more »

 

ABC’s Golf Coverage Sucks!

This was originally intended to be a small part of a piece about the The Open Championship but I feel the need to vent this morning. Being an early riser myself, I look forward every year to getting up Sunday morning and watching the final round... read more »

 

QUICK HIT: Alternative Universes

59 year old Tom Watson leads the British Open championship after the first two rounds at Turnberry, Scotland while someone named Tiger Woods missed the 36 hole cut.  Watson won the same tournament at the same venue in 1977.  Suddenly, I feel... read more »