MILWAUKEE (AP) – Milwaukee Brewers left-hander Chris Narveson will have surgery on the torn rotator cuff in his throwing shoulder and miss the rest of the season, he said Tuesday. He made the decision to have surgery after receiving a second opinion from specialist Lewis Yocum, who confirmed the diagnosis of the team physician. Narveson’s ...
DENTON, Texas (AP) – North Texas has hired Marquette assistant Tony Benford as head coach. The school announced the move Tuesday and planned a news conference for Wednesday. Benford spent four years under Buzz Williams at Marquette and was associate head coach last season. He has been a college assistant for 20 years with other ...
It was a classic pitching duel in Nekoosa on Monday as the Papermakers’ Joe Tuttle and Mosinee’s Kody McHugh went at it. Tuttle was a little better in tossing a no-hitter to lead Nekoosa to a 1-0 win. Tuttle struck out 8 and walked three in his gem. McHugh allowed just 3 hits in taking ...
Emily Tucker was nearly unhittable as the Mosinee softball team shuts out Medford 10-0 in six innings in a Great Northern Conference game on Monday. Tucker tossed a 1-hitter and struck out 15. Tucker also helped her own cause at the plate with a pair of doubles as the Indians move to 2-0 in the ...
Nikki Volm’s RBI single in the bottom of the 7th inning lifted the Wausau West softball team to a 5-4 win over Wausau East in a Wisconsin Valley Conference match-up on Monday. The Lumberjacks had tied the game in the top of the 7th with a run aided by a pair of West errors. East ...
STEVENS POINT, Wis. – Michelle Jones (Madison, WI/La Follette) pitched a six-hit shutout in game two and the Pointers scored three runs on nine hits to split a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) doubleheader Monday afternoon at McCarty Memorial Field. The Pointers dropped game one 8-1. Game 1 Box | Game 2 Box The visiting ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) – Ryan Braun broke out of his slump with a homer and three hits, Zack Greinke remained unbeaten at Miller Park the Milwaukee Brewers held off the Houston Astros 6-5 on Monday night. Braun also singled in a run and doubled to end a 2 for 20 slide. Greinke pitched six solid innings ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) – The Milwaukee Bucks are out of the NBA playoffs, despite getting 25 points from Brandon Jennings in a 92-86 victory over Toronto Raptors on Monday night. Milwaukee’s postseason fate was determined earlier Monday night when the Philadelphia 76ers beat the New Jersey Nets 105-87 to clinch the eighth playoff berth in the ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) – The Green Bay Packers have released veteran left tackle Chad Clifton. Packers general manager Ted Thompson called Clifton an “integral part of our success over the past 12 seasons,” thanking him for his time with the team. It was not immediately clear whether Clifton will retire. ESPN reported the Packers’ plans to ...
NEW YORK (AP) – People familiar with the case tell The Associated Press there may never be a written decision explaining why Ryan Braun’s drug suspension was overturned. The arbitrator who threw out the 50-game suspension of the NL MVP has been asked by the players’ union and management to hold off giving his reasoning ...
