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By no means can a men’s basketball season be “over” before a team’s conference schedule begins. Nevertheless, going into the Horizon League already six games below .500 does not give anyone a reason to be optimistic about the rest of the year.

While the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s chances to go dancing again this season are close to nil, this is the perfect time to take care of something that could not be handled during a conference tournament run.

Last week I got all dressed up, but apparently had no place special to go.

There was a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee-Marquette basketball game, but unless you were one of the 20 students there, you probably didn't know that — or you didn't care.

Home sweet home.

The phrase that decorates countless pillows, picture frames, and doormats across the country applies in sports as well.

Intramural sports have started up for the spring semester, and it’s a great way to get active and involved with in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Even the Post has made up a volleyball team. We are looking forward to an exciting season of tears and nervous twitches every time a ball comes our way.

By the end of the season, the Milwaukee Bucks will be a playoff team. Since the Bucks are currently sitting at 18-26, you“re probably asking how this will happen.

The simple answer is the return of Michael Redd.

After two successive victories over the incumbent leaders in the Horizon League, spirits were flying high.

It was a great week for Panther basketball, as the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee quickly pinned rival University of Illinois-Chicago with a record-setting first half, and then carried the momentum into an afternoon triumph over then first-place Wright State.

Normally a team that begins the game in a 23-4 hole does not figure out a way to climb out of it.

This Panther squad breaks through the norm.

Last week, the Milwaukee Brewers and manager Ned Yost decided to keep starting pitcher Carlos Villanueva with the big league squad instead of sending him to class AAA Nashville to begin the season.

While it was a subtle roster move, it may have been one of the most telling personnel decisions of the off-season and spring training. Why?

Opening week in Major League Baseball is about as revealing as a black trench coat in the summer “ you dont see much.

That doesnt stop the so-called experts from defining a teams season after the first stanza; they like to declare a team that did well for real or a team that got swept in trouble.

Last week, in the first hour of Sunday morning, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock lost his life in a car accident. The Cardinals family woke up with a dark cloud overhead, one of their own lost forever.

Hancock, who helped the Cardinals win their first World Series since 1982 (grrr), struck the back of a tow truck that was mopping up an earlier accident. The truck, which was in the left lane, had its caution lights on.

Replacing a legend is no walk in the park. Fans expect results that the legendary put up with ease, even if the high expectations might be too much to ask from the replacement. Jimmy Johnson replaced Tom Landry, the coach of the Dallas Cowboys for decades, and parlayed it into two Super Bowl victories. Whoever is the next starter at quarterback for the Green Bay Packers has the biggest shoes to fill.