8/6/24 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Monday
6 August 2024 Sports
After an off-day the Brewers are back in action tonight in Atlanta against the Braves. Colin Rea (9-3, 3.39 ERA) goes for Milwaukee against Bryce Elder (2-4, 5.67 ERA.) First pitch is at 6:20 CDT.
In games played in the NL Central Monday the Mets shutout the Cardinals 6-0, the Reds bombed the Marlins 10-3 and the Twins blanked the Cubs 3-0. The Brewers lead the Pirates and Cardinals by six games, the Reds by 8 ½ and the Cubs by nine games.
There were no games Monday in the Midwest League. The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers are at Quad Cities tonight with the first pitch at 6:30.
The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders lost to the Madison Mallards on Monday night at Warner Park, 18-8. With the loss, the Dock Spiders are now 25-39 on the season and 12-19 in the second half.
The Dock Spiders return home to face Madison for the final time this season on Tuesday, with the first pitch against the Mallards at 6:35 p.m. On Tuesday, enjoy Bang For Your Buck with 107.1 The Bull – with hot dogs, 16 oz. Pepsi products, and 16 oz. domestic draft beers (for those of legal drinking age) for $2 each.
The Packers return to the practice field today with some good news. Tight end Tucker Kraft is set to come off the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) List after passing his physical.
Kraft has been out since suffering a torn pectoral during the offseason.
Head coach Matt LaFleur said following Family Night that Kraft was set to return to practice this week, and would be limited to individual drills.
Kraft finished his rookie season with 355 yards receiving and a pair of touchdowns. Much of that production came after fellow rookie Luke Musgrave suffered a kidney injury against the Chargers in week 11.
The Packers released quarterback Jacob Eason earlier on Monday. A move that would create a roster spot for Kraft to come off the PUP List.
Eason was signed in the first week of training camp during Jordan Love’s ‘hold-in’ and leaves three quarterbacks on the roster.
The Packers travel to Cleveland for their preseason opener against the Browns on Saturday at 3:25 p.m.
The United States continues to build on their overall medal lead in the Paris Olympics. Going into Tuesday’s events, the U.S. has 79 total medals, 21 gold, tied for the most with China, 30 silver and 28 bronze. China is next with 53 and France has 48.
An 11-year-old Waupun youth football player stole the show on Saturday during Packers Family Night.
He caught three straight punts without dropping the previous ball in front of thousands of fans.
11-year old trace Ramirez from Waupun says that his experience catching punts began just a few hours before this moment in the video, catching punts from his dad at his brother’s baseball tournament.
Trace was invited down with his entire youth team to play at Lambeau Field on Family Night, participating in the punt, pass, and kick challenge.
The Journal Sentinel says Ramirez caught footballs from the Packers’ JUGS machine, which can launch footballs into the air to simulate a punt.
The Packers were seen racing onto the field to celebrate with the kid.
The Journal Sentinel says Ramirez was one of 36 football players from Waupun who were on the field during the showcase.
Trace comes from a family of all athletes. His father Paul says all of his kids have special moments like this. Trace’s moment just happened to take place in front of more than 70,000 Packers fans, who will have to wait a few years before he becomes draft eligible.
The Packers announced Counting Crows will hold a free concert on kickoff weekend.
The concert will start at 5 p.m. in Lambeau Field’s northwest parking lot on Saturday, Sept. 14.
Parking is free in the Lambeau Field lots, but it’s first-come, first-served. Fans can bring chairs and blankets for the show. Food and beverages will be available for purchase in the parking lot or can be carried over from Titletown.
The Lambeau Field atrium, including the Packers Pro Shop, Packers Hall of Fame and stadium tours will be open regular hours Saturday.
The Packers host the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, Sept. 15. Kickoff is at noon.
Steve McMichael couldn’t make it to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, so the ceremony came to him.
Battling ALS and bedridden in the advanced stages of the neurological disease, the 66-year-old two-time All-Pro defensive tackle was the second player enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame among seven members of the Class of 2024 on Saturday.
Surrounded by several of his Chicago Bears teammates and his wife, Misty, at his home in Homer Glen, Illinois, McMichael wore his gold jacket, and his bronze bust was unveiled live in a touching tribute.
“You are on a team that you can never be cut from and never be released from. When you die, you’ll always be on this team. Welcome home, Steve. You’re in football heaven forever,” Hall of Famer Richard Dent said, patting McMichael on the head.
Jim McMahon, quarterback of the 1985 Bears Super Bowl championship team, watched the scene unfold on a video screen from the in-person event at Tom Benson Stadium in Canton, Ohio. Many Bears supporters shed tears watching McMichael.
Nicknamed “Mongo” and known for his brash and boisterous personality, McMichael was the most feared player on one of the greatest defenses in NFL history. He became the fourth defensive player from the 1985 team to enter the Hall, joining Dent, Mike Singletary and Dan Hampton.
McMichael played in a franchise-record 191 consecutive games from 1981 to 1993 and ranks second to Dent on the Bears’ all-time sacks list with 92 1/2. His final NFL season was with Green Bay in 1994.
The Kansas City Chiefs signed Harrison Butker to a contract extension that makes him the NFL’s highest-paid kicker, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday.
The extension is for four years and $25.6 million, with $17.75 million guaranteed, the sources said. At $6.4 million per year, Butker will make more than the previously highest-paid kickers, the Baltimore Ravens’ Justin Tucker ‘ and Philadelphia Eagles’ Jake Elliott, who both average $6 million per season on their contracts.
The deal ties Butker to the Chiefs through the 2028 season. He was scheduled to make $3.945 million in the final season of the five-year contract he signed with the Chiefs in 2019.
Butker, who represented and negotiated the deal himself, confirmed in a post to X that he was finalizing a four-year extension.
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