Hometown Broadcasting Sports Friday 5/22/20
22 May 2020 Sports
Packers defensive lineman Montravius Adams has been arrested on three misdemeanor counts including possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, driving without insurance and having a suspended/canceled/revoked vehicle registration.
According to the police report the arrest was Tuesday in Georgia and Adams was pulled over for driving on an expired registration. When approaching the vehicle the officer noticed the smell of marijuana and then had probable cause to search Adams’ vehicle and that is when he discovered less than an ounce of marijuana in Adams possession.
In three seasons the third-round pick from Auburn has started three games and has 1.5 sacks for the Packers.
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After a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NHL is looking to jump right back in with the postseason. The NHL Players’ Association’s executive board is voting on a 24-team playoff proposal as the official return to play format, the Associated Press reported on Thursday night. That vote is ongoing, but results are expected as soon as Friday night.
The proposed plan, per the report, will have top four teams in each of the Eastern and Western Conferences play each other for seeding. Then, the remaining 16 teams in each conference will face off in a best-of-five series play-in round to determine the final 16 teams in the 24-team field. That proposal would mean that the Boston Bruins, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals and Philadelphia Flyers are in automatically from the Eastern Conference, and the St. Louis Blues, Colorado Avalanche, Las Vegas Golden Knights and Dallas Stars are in automatically from the Western Conference. If the NHLPA’s executive board approves the plan, it would still need to be approved by the league’s board of governors. Other details, like when and where the playoffs would take place and what security and coronavirus safety protocols would be put in place, will still need to be determined before the plan can actually move forward.
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Road America is scheduling races for this summer and is taking steps to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
The SVRA Vintage Weekend has been rescheduled to June 18-21 and the REV Group Grand Prix has been rescheduled for July 10-12.
Mike Kertscher, president and general manager of Road America, says the track is taking safety precautions. Fans are not restricted to a seat and can spread out over the 640-acre facility. The track is also adding hand sanitizing stations, disinfecting wipes and sneeze guards. Fans are also encouraged to print their tickets at home for contactless entry through the gates. Cloth face coverings are encouraged in areas where social distancing is difficult.
Road America says the full season schedule will be released soon. The MotoAmerica race is scheduled for the end of May, without fans.
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With the NFL trying to start the season on time, owners will consider a slate of rules changes, highlighted by a proposal for a sky judge to help officiating and another to give teams an option to an onside kick. Owners are expected to vote on rules during a May 28 virtual meeting.
The league’s competition committee had already determined that the one-year rule that allowed replay review of pass interference penalties was so unpopular, it would not even propose it be continued for another year. But an idea that sprang from last year’s conversation that led to the pass interference review is being considered again.
The Baltimore Ravens and Los Angeles Chargers have both proposed the addition of a booth umpire — otherwise known as a sky judge — as an eighth game official. Those two teams also have proposed the addition of a senior technology advisor to the referee to assist the officiating crew.
The other intriguing proposal involves providing an alternative to the onside kick, which has largely faded out of the game since changes were made prior to the 2018 season that prohibited kickoff teams from getting a running start. That change was made for safety reasons, but it also made it nearly impossible to successfully execute an onside kick. In the last two seasons, just 10.4 percent of onside kicks were recovered.
There is now some momentum for a proposal from the Philadelphia Eagles — which has in the past been sniffed at by some as too gimmicky — which would allow the team that is trailing in the game a way to maintain possession after scoring by successfully converting a fourth-and-15 play from its own 25-yard line. That could be done a maximum of twice per game.
And there is a proposal by the competition committee that would prevent teams from manipulating the game clock by committing multiple dead-ball fouls while the clock is running, a loophole the New England Patriots exploited last season against the Jets — and which Bill Belichick acknowledged at the time would probably be closed by the NFL — and then which was used by the Tennessee Titans against the Patriots in the playoffs.
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In its 35th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company Thursday announced Max Wagner of Preble High School as its 2019-20 Gatorade Wisconsin Baseball Player of the Year. Wagner is the first Gatorade Wisconsin Baseball Player of the Year to be chosen from Preble High School.
The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field, distinguishes Wagner as Wisconsin’s best high school baseball player. Now a finalist for the prestigious Gatorade National Baseball Baseball Player of the Year award to be announced in May, Wagner joins an elite alumni association of state award-winners in 12 sports, including Derek Jeter (1991-92, Kalamazoo High School, Mich.), Jon Lester (2001-02, Bellarmine Preparatory School, Wash.), David Price (2003-04, Blackman High School, Tenn.), Clayton Kershaw (2005-06, Highland Park High School, Texas), Rick Porcello (2006-2007, Seaton Hall Preparatory School, N.J.) and Kris Bryant (2009-10, Bonanza High School, Nev.).
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