Hometown Broadcasting Sports Tuesday 6/2/20
2 June 2020 Sports
The St. Norbert College men’s basketball coach will not seek the same job at his alma mater, UW-Green Bay. The Phoenix are looking for a head coach since parting ways with Linc Darner. Gary Grzesk is a 1996 graduate of UWGB, helping lead the team to an NCAA tournament win against Cal in 1994. He was also an assistant coach at Green Bay in 2002-03. “Although the position of head men’s basketball coach at my alma mater seems like a natural fit, the timing (on many different levels) is not right for me. I am withdrawing from consideration for the position. There are a number of complex factors that went into this very difficult decision,” Grzesk posted on Twitter Monday. At SNC, he has posted a 276-86 record in 14 years, winning nine Midwest Conference titles and making seven NCAA Division III tournament appearances.
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The Packers signed two 2020 draft picks on Monday. General Manager Brian Gutekunst announced the team inked safety Vernon Scott. The 6’2” 202 pounds Scott was taken as the first pick in the seventh round out of TCU. The team also announced the signing of guard Brian Stepaniak (Step-uh-nack),who was taken as the third pick in the sixth round out of Indiana. Stepaniak is 6’4” and weighs 316 pounds. -0-Former Packers defensive lineman Mike Daniel says he’d like to return to the Packers if he can. The 31-year old free agent says he’s in the best shape of his career and has been posting workout videos. Daniels spent the first seven years of his career with Green Bay and last year played in Detroit. The last two-seasons Daniels suffered from back injuries that cut his playing time. The former Iowa standout said he believes he could still “be an impact player” and would love to return and play under Defensive Coordinator Mike Pettine, whom he played for in 2017. -0-
Unable to yet reach a return-to-play agreement, Major League Baseball has discussed playing a shorter schedule in which it would pay members of the MLB Players Association their full prorated salaries. This according to sources familiar with the situation. Although MLB does not intend to propose this to the players, the possibility of implementing a schedule of around 50 games that would start in July has been considered by the league as a last resort in the event that the parties can’t come to a deal. Players have held out for a full prorated portion of their salaries, based on a March 26 agreement with the league, and in an offer Sunday proposed a 114-game schedule that would cover 70.3% of their original salaries. A 50-game schedule with full pro rata would pay the players 30.8% of that number. A shortened schedule would run in contrast to what the players sought in a proposal sent to the league Sunday.
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