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Panthers looked for strong finish in baseball
Season-ending sweep assured second-place league ranking
By Jimmy Lemke
The spring semester finished with exams in mid May, but the season for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's baseball team was still in the thick of a race to the College World Series.
Going into the final series of the regular season against Butler, the Panthers needed to sweep a series of the Bulldogs to ensure the second seeding in the Horizon League Tournament.
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0 commentsA return to glory won’t be easy
Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy opened Packers’ training camp on July 28, marking the official beginning to the 2006 season.
After a depression-inducing 2005, the new head coach has his work cut out for him. Here’s what the depth chart looks like heading into the preseason:
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0 commentsIvory Coast, head-butt the stories of the World Cup
For one whole month, a cease-fire was called. A bloody civil war, stopped in its tracks. No, an agreement for a truce was not met between opposing sides. It was a game that halted the dispute.
The African nation known as the Ivory Coast participated in its first ever World Cup this summer and single-handedly united a country, producing a sense of patriotism that was so desperately needed. Their battle on the field for soccer supremacy may not have solved the civil strife, but for just a short time, the country was at peace.
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