2/27/25 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Thursday
27 February 2025 Sports
The Bucks are back in action tonight as they host the Denver Nuggets. Milwaukee is coming off at 100-97 loss to the Rockets Tuesday, in which the Bucks scored just 12 points in the fourth quarter.
Milwaukee is currently fifth in the Eastern Conference with a 32-25 record, a game behind the Indiana Packers. Denver is tied for second with the Grizzlies in the Western Conference, Tipoff is at 7:00 from Fiserv Forum.
According to a report, the Green Bay Packers have had trade conversations centered around Jaire Alexander, according to a report.
Citing sources, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Wednesday the Packers have had trade conversations centered around the cornerback and they are open to moving him for the right price.
According to Rapoport, Alexander, still just 28 and a two-time Pro Bowler, is considered to be the most decorated CB available..
In Cactus League action Wednesday the Dodges beat the Brewers 9-3. The Brewers play the Royals today.
Milwaukee Brewers pitcher JB Bukauskas is expected to miss the entire season because of lat surgery, the latest injury-related setback for a former first-round draft pick.
The 28-year-old Bukauskas missed most of the 2024 season with a lat injury as well. The right-hander went 0-0 with a 1.50 ERA in six relief appearances with Milwaukee and had a 0-0 record with a 1.80 ERA in six outings with Triple-A Nashville.
Bukauskas is 2-2 with a 5.04 ERA in 33 career appearances, all in relief. The Houston Astros selected him out of North Carolina with the 15th overall pick in the 2017 draft.
In men’s Big Ten basketball Wednesday night #8 Michigan State won at #16 Maryland, 58-55, on a half-court shot by Tree Holloman just before the buzzer.
The Badgers next game is at Michigan State Sunday with the tipoff at 12:30.
The NFL is considering changing overtime rules in the regular season to decrease the advantage for teams that win the coin toss.
“It’s time to rethink the overtime rule,” league executive Troy Vincent said Wednesday at the NFL scouting combine.
Vincent said the competition committee agrees overtime rules need to be addressed. Receiving the ball first has become more of an advantage than pre-2011 when overtime was a sudden-death period. Receiving teams won 56.8% of games in overtime from 2017 to 2024, up from 55.4% from 2001 to 2011.
Current rules give both teams an opportunity to possess the ball in overtime unless a touchdown is scored on the first possession.
The rules are different in the playoffs. Both teams get a chance to have a possession even if the offense scores a touchdown on the opening drive. That postseason change came after the Buffalo Bills lost to the Kansas City Chiefs in a divisional round game in January 2022.
Making the overtime rules the same in the regular season is a possible solution, along with extending the period to 15 minutes.
Among other changes, the NFL plans to use its virtual measuring system to determine first downs in 2025. This wouldn’t eliminate the officials who manually spot the ball and use chains to mark the line to gain. The optimal tracking system notifies officiating instantly if a first down was gained after the ball is spotted by hand.
The UW-Oshkosh women’s basketball team hosts UW-Lacrosse tonight in semifinal action in the WIAC Tournament at Kolf Sports Center. Tipoff is at 7:00.
Boys Basketball (Thurs.)
Kewaskum at Berlin
Kettle Moraine Lutheran at Waupun
Plymouoth at Winneconne
Laconia at Campbellsport
Lomira at Omro
North Fond du Lac at Mayville
Saint Mary’s Springs at Winnebago Lutheran
Beaver Dam at Oregon
Menasha at Shawano
Xavier at New London
Green Bay East at Seymour
Bonduel at Weyauwega-Fremont
Tri-County at Rosholt
Pittsvile at Wild Rose
Fond du Lac at Kaukauna
Oshkosh West at Hortonville
Kimberly at Appleton East
Appleotn North at Neenah
Denmark at Cliintonville
Marinette at Fox Valley Lutheran
Freedom at Wrightstown
Waupaca at Luxemburg-Casco
Wautoma at Mauston
Westfield at Adams-Friendship
Nekoosa at Wisconsin Dells
Central Wisconsin Christian at Heritage Christian
Dodgeland at Horicon
Hustisford at Valley Christian
Lourdes Academy at Oakfield
University Lake School/Trinity at Wayland Academy
Ro at Cambria-Friesland
Fall River at Markesan
Montello at Randolph
Pardeeville at Princeton/Green Lake
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