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Down with the sickness
UWM loses with roster devoid of Paulsen, Anderson
By Tim Elliott
With his team playing short-handed, freshman Roman Gentry took over for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men“s basketball team.
The 6-foot-4-inch guard was one rebound shy of recording a double-double, scoring 17 points and grabbing nine rebounds in the Panthers“ 72-59 loss to the University of Illinois-Chicago Flames Feb. 21.
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0 commentsWomen 2nd, men 3rd at swimming, diving championships
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women“s swimming & diving team finished second, and the men finished third, at this year's Horizon League Championships in the University of Illinois-Chicago Natatorium.
The Panther women got things going Wednesday by setting a school record in the 200-meter freestyle relay, and then took two of the three top spots in the three-meter diving event.
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0 commentsInterim coach stealing the show
U.S. soccer president Sunil Gulati is in a pickle.
Interim head coach Bob Bradley wasn“t supposed to be leading the U.S. national team to two straight victories. Bradley was only there to head a coach-less squad until Gulati could land a high-profile head coach to take over the team for good.
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0 commentsOutfield key to Brewers“ optimism
As we inch closer to opening day, there is always a sense of optimism and new life in the air.
For the 25th consecutive season, fans will be saying “this is the year.” This is the year the Brewers finally get back to the playoffs.
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Death from behind the arc
Thursday night at the Klotsche Center, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers women's basketball team was victim to almost unheard of perimeter shooting as the Butler Bulldogs shot 15-of-27 (55.6 percent) from beyond-the-arc to win 74-59.
The Panthers could have overtaken Butler for third in the Horizon League standings and continue to have control of their own destiny, which would have given them home-court edge in the quaterfinals and semifinals of the fast-approaching conference tournament.
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0 commentsHogs, weather too much for Panthers
After two postponements between the Universities of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Arkansas, the baseball series finally got underway with a double header on Sunday, Feb. 18.
Freezing weather and snow seemed a bit out of character for Arkansas weather, but it gave no edge to the Panthers baseball team (0-3) as they lost three games in two days to the Razorbacks (7-2).
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0 commentsBucks quiet at trade deadline
Not surprisingly, Thursday“s 2 p.m. NBA trade deadline came and went for the Milwaukee Bucks without any further roster tweaking.
The Bucks are still recovering from a myriad of injuries suffered during a disappointing season and they are hopeful that the key players returning from injury will provide enough of a spark to get them to the playoffs.
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