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Lakers, Bucks look to clinch second-round berths Wednesday

August 25, 2020 Associated Press

It was only a week ago when the sky was falling on the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers. The NBA’s two best teams in the regular season, the top seeds in their respective conferences, both lost their playoff openers and looked vulnerable. Not so much now. Order has been emphatically restored, the Bucks and […]

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Matt Thomas steals the show at the NBA Summer League

August 24, 2020 Dave Carney

Dave Carney 8/24/2020 All the hype heading into the 2017-2018 season was for the Lakers number 2 overall pick Lonzo Ball. In the NBA Summer League 27th pick Kyle Kuzma also impressed. But it was UNDRAFTED rookie free-agent and Onalaska Hilltopper star Matt Thomas who stole the show with a dazzling shooting display in the […]

BLOGS

Bizarro world?

August 18, 2020 Dave Carney

Aha! Now I see what’s going on. After seriously struggling with our recent events in the world, and here in Wisconsin with our sports teams, I completely understand what happened. It was March of this year. Nobody knew it but we actually misunderstood the Mayan Calendar; it changed over and the “world as we knew […]

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Bucks beat Wizards 126-113 despite Antetokounmpo ejection

August 12, 2020 Associated Press

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo was fed up with the pushing and shoving. The normally mild-mannered Bucks star lost his cool Tuesday night and was ejected in the second quarter of Milwaukee’s 126-113 win over the Washington Wizards after he headbutted Moritz Wagner. Wagner took a charge from Antetokounmpo, who didn’t like […]

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True Grit: the 2020 Bubble Bucks

August 7, 2020 Dave Carney

Ah yes, the 2020 NBA bubble. Quite a sight: virtual fans, shots of Giannis Antetokounmpo’s son on Zoom in the “crowd,” and, of course, high-level basketball. Thursday on WKTY the Bucks overcame a 17-point first half deficit to the Miami Heat, and ended up winning 130-116. That, my friends, is a 14-point victory, and a […]

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Bucks’ Bledsoe, Pacers’ Brogdon have COVID-19

July 17, 2020 Rick Solem

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Eric Bledsoe tested positive for COVID-19. The guard hasn’t joined the Milwaukee Bucks for the NBA restart. “I am asymptomatic and feeling fine,” Bledsoe said in a statement. “Once I meet the NBA protocols, I look forward to joining my teammates in Orlando.” Once he’s gets to Orlando, Bledsoe will […]

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Inside the bubble, NBA players have plenty of options

July 16, 2020 Associated Press

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Every team in the NBA bubble has played golf. Most have had at least a few players go fishing. Some have taken boats out. Bowling is available for a few hours most nights. The barbers arrive for the first time later this week. And the walking trail is pretty […]

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Bucks shut down practice facility after positive COVID-19 tests

July 6, 2020 Rick Solem

The Milwaukee Bucks practice facility was shut down after the latest results from Friday’s coronavirus testing, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. No word on how many cases or if it was players, coaches or staff that were affected. It looks as though the facility will remained closed, since the Bucks are headed Thursday to the […]

NEWS

Health director concerned about Loggers games, other large gatherings, as virus surges in La Crosse

July 2, 2020 Rick Solem

Playing sports in a viral pandemic is something the billion-dollar industry at the pro level is having a difficult time figuring out. The NBA wants to play in a bubble. Baseball will be regionally. Neither with fans. In fact, neither sport may get going at all. At the college level, virus outbreaks are sending large […]

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Giannis: 2020 NBA title ‘toughest championship you could ever win’

July 1, 2020 Rick Solem

Some say the 2020 NBA championship should come with an asterisk. While that may be true, given the circumstances with COVID-19 and the long layoff from the last regular-season games, Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo argues that perhaps that asterisk should represent how much more difficult attaining the title will be. “I feel like a […]

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