The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee swim team prepared all year for their final moments at the Horizon League Championships, which were held in Cleveland and Akron, Ohio last week.

On Wednesday, the first day of the championships, UWM placed first out of the other six schools competing in the Horizon League with the men earning 145 points. The defending champion Wright St. placed second and came up short with 143 points. Cleveland St., Green Bay, UIC and Valparaiso came up with 20 points or less behind Wright St.

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Two University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee track and field records fell this weekend at the Panthers lone home dual meet at the Klotsche Center.

Junior’s Adam Schlies had a fantastic day winning the 60m hurdles as well as taking top honors in the long jump with a record breaking performance. Schlies’s jump of 23’10 ¾ topped the old mark of 23’6 ¾ by four inches.

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It was an all too familiar scene. Just before tip-off it was announced one of the basketball players was out late the previous night, was arrested, and would not be participating in Saturday’s game. The only difference, this time it was the Panthers’ opponent that was getting into trouble off the court.

Bradley senior guard, and also the teams second leading scorer and leader in assists, Daniel Ruffin was suspended indefinitely before Saturday’s BracketBuster match up. Add his subtraction with that of third-leading scorer Andrew Warren, who is sidelined with a broken hand, and the Braves bench began to look a little depleted.

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Week 5 (Feb. 18 – Feb. 24)

With so many BracketBuster games, each conference is fighting to get as many teams as they can into the tournament. The challenge is to finish strong, and with most teams only having four games left the final stretch is a double-edged sword.

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For Milwaukee Brewer fans, 2008 is the year. No more saying next year or in a few years after players develop; the future is now. After 15 years of mediocrity and futility and 25 years of postseason-less baseball, much rides on this year.

Past drafts yielded an essentially an entire starting line-up of home-grown talent; only catcher Jason Kendall and suspended centerfielder Mike Cameron were acquired through free-agency. The team has a plethora of arms as eight pitchers must fit into five rotation slots. A revamped bullpen headlined by signing former all-star Eric Gagne should restore confidence in what was a previous weakness.

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We probably all knew right away. We probably just didn’t want to admit it. Back when Mark McGuire and Sammy Sosa were knocking balls out of the park in jerseys that mysteriously no longer fit them, we just shrugged our shoulders and said our ooo’s and our ahh’s with everybody else.

The strike was years ago, we liked baseball again, and look at this! They’re both going to break a 37-year-old record in the same year! Amazing! All was well in the world, until somebody had to go and mention what everybody else had been too afraid to bring up.

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For those of you who were around for the Great Name Debate of the spring of 2006, you may recall the intense campaigning that went on for the few weeks leading up to the April student elections.

If you’re an underclassman or a transfer who wasn’t here for that heavily polarizing debate, here’s the background.

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The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men’s basketball team had another rough outing Wednesday night as they fell to Cleveland St., 74-64.

Cedric Jackson was the star of the game, scoring 18 points for the Vikings while flirting with a triple-double by adding nine rebounds and nine assists. Deion James had a stellar performance for the Panthers from the bench, leading Milwaukee with 18 points and grabbing five rebounds. Paige Paulsen, Marcus Skinner and Deonte Roberts all contributed 11 points.

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The Brewers organization has had plenty of experience with big time pitchers going down with injuries. This season it’s a little different, it’s not ace Ben Sheets.

Young right-hander Yovani Gallardo will have surgery to repair torn cartilage in his left knee. The injury should keep him out four weeks.

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The first half of the NBA season was filled with surprises like the New Orleans Hornets and Portland Trailblazers. There also were some major disappointments like the Miami Heat who are worse then the Northwestern Wildcats basketball programs. Believe me, it’s hard to believe, but it’s true.

The Eastern Conference has featured a few dominate teams but also has a handful of teams fighting it out for the final two spots in the conference.

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