Hometown Broadcasting Sports Tuesday 5/25/21
25 May 2021 Sports
Sports for May 25th
Aaron Rodgers made a special appearance on ESPN’S Kenny Mayne’s final show last night. Rodgers said he want to be there for his friend, who he said he respected for a long time. Of course the talk began with questions from Mayne about the three-time MVP’s future in Green Bay. Rodgers said he has no ill will towards 2020 first-round draft pick Jordan Love, his teammates or the coaches, but feels the Packers organization has become too much of a corporation and forgetting that the business is about people.
Meanwhile Rodgers is not attending the team’s voluntary organized team activities which started Monday. Rodgers also did not participate in Phase One or Phase Two. As ESPN’s Rob Demovsky notes, Rodgers has a $500,000 workout bonus in his contract, but his absence on Monday suggests he’s okay gambling that in favor of his future in Green Bay.
The Packers management have stayed stern following reports that Rodgers wants to be traded by saying that they won’t move him and want him to remain with the team, but Rodgers has thus far remained quiet about the situation.
Packers OTAs are open to the media on Tuesday. The next big milestone in the Rodgers’ situation is Mandatory Minicamp which is June 8-10.
Brewers closer Josh Hader stopped San Diego’s rally in the ninth inning and the Padres’ nine-game winning streak ended Monday night with a 5-3 loss to Milwaukee. Fresh off sweeping a nine-game homestand, the Padres trailed 5-0 going into the ninth. Tommy Pham hit a two-run homer off Angel Perdomo in the ninth. Hader relieved with a runner on first and no outs, and gave up Eric Hosmer’s RBI double with one out and then a walk. Hader settled down to retire Austin Nola on a popup and Ha-Seong Kim on a lineout for his 11th save of the season.
Brandon Woodruff (3-2) gave up three hits over seven innings against a Padres team that had won 12 of 13. He struck out eight and walked none. Woodruff hasn’t allowed a run in three of his nine starts this season. Manny Pina hit a two-run homer in the second off Blake Snell (1-1). Avisail Garcia led off the fourth with a homer and Kolten Wong’s two-out, two-run single later in the inning finished Snell. Snell allowed a season-high five earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out seven.
Keston Hiura went 1 for 3 with a walk and scored a run as he returned to the Milwaukee lineup for the first time since being sent to Triple-A Nashville this month after batting .152 with a home run and five RBIs. In nine games for Nashville, Hiura hit .438 with six doubles and three home runs.
RHP Eric Yardley (right shoulder) returned to Milwaukee after working two scoreless innings over the weekend while on a rehab assignment with Triple-A Nashville and is expected to be reinstated from the injured list later this week, manager Craig Counsell said. Yardley, who posted a 1.54 ERA in 24 appearances last season, had allowed seven runs over 11 innings in 10 outings before the injury. … OF Christian Yelich, who hit his first home run of the season Sunday, was out of the lineup Monday for a planned day off as he is eased back into action after missing more than a month with back soreness.
The series continues Tuesday night with Brewers RHP Corbin Burnes (2-3, 1.79 ERA) facing Padres RHP Joe Musgrove (4-4, 2.47). Burnes struck out 10 over six scoreless innings against San Diego on April 20, one day after Musgrove struck out 13 Milwaukee batters over seven innings of a 3-1 loss. First pitch is at 6:40 and the game can be heard on AM 1100/98.3 FM, WISS.
Elsewhere in the NL Central on Monday the White Sox beat the Cardinals 5-1. The Brewers remain in third place in the division, a half-game behind the Cubs and two games in back of the Cardinals.
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 31 points and Bryn Forbes led Milwaukee’s scorching start from 3-point range as the Bucks trounced the Miami Heat 132-98 on Monday night to extend their lead in this first-round playoff series. Milwaukee shot 22 of 53 from 3-point range – including 15 of 29 in the first half – and never trailed while leading by as many as 36 points. The Bucks’ 22 3-pointers were their highest total ever in a playoff game. Forbes scored 22 points and went 6 of 9 on 3-point attempts. The Bucks own a 2-0 lead in the best-of-7 series as they attempt to oust the team that beat them 4-1 in the second round last year. Game 3 takes place Thursday in Miami.
Milwaukee’s two victories in this season couldn’t have looked much more different.
The Bucks needed Khris Middleton’s tiebreaking jumper with 0.5 seconds left in overtime to pull out a 109-107 victory in Game 1, which neither team ever led by more than eight points. Milwaukee essentially put away Game 2 in the first quarter as its 3-point attack went from fizzling to sizzling.
Milwaukee had shot 5 of 31 from behind the arc and made its fewest 3-pointers of the season Saturday. The Bucks were 10 of 15 on 3-point attempts in the first quarter alone Monday. The Bucks led 46-20 at the end of the first quarter and 78-51 at halftime as they posted the highest first-half point total in their playoff history. The hottest shooter on the floor was Forbes, who signed with Milwaukee in November after spending four seasons with the San Antonio Spurs. Forbes came off the bench to score 14 points in the first quarter while shooting 5 of 6 overall and 4 of 5 on 3-pointers. Middleton finished with 17 points and Pat Connaughton had 15 while shooting 5 of 9 from beyond the arc. Antetokounmpo had 13 rebounds and six assists to go along with his 31 points. Jrue Holiday’s 15 assists were one off the Bucks playoff record that is shared by Paul Pressey and Oscar Robertson. Holiday also had 11 points and seven rebounds. Miami’s Dewayne Dedmon had 19 points and nine rebounds to lead the Heat in both categories. Goran Dragic had 18 points and Bam Adebayo added 16.
NBA Western Conference Playoffs (Mon.)
Denver 128, Portland 109. The series is tied a game-each.
High School Baseball (Mon.)
Columbus 4, Waupun 0
Wautoma 7, Winneconne 6-The Hornets improve to 13-2 while the Wolves fall to 7-8.
Lomria 2, Campbellsport 1
Kettle Moraine Lutheran 6, Brookfield Academy 2
Winnebago Lutheran 12, Lakeside Lutheran 2
Appleton West 4, Fond du Lac 2
Oshkosh North 13, Appleton North 9
Neenah 9, Oshkosh West 4
Baraboo 11, Westfield 5
Wisconsin Dells 3, Adams-Friendship 1
New Holstein 4, Lourdes Academy 3
Markesan 11, Randolph 5
Oakfield 20, Pardeeville 0
Girls Softball (Mon.)
Berlin 13, Omro 3
Winneconne 13, Little Chute 3
Randolph 6, Laconia 5
Winnebago Lutheran 6, Lomira 0
Wautoma 4, Princeton/Green Lake 0-The Hornets improve to 16-2 and in first place in the South Central Conference.
Westfield 10, Adams-Friendship 4
Wisconsin Dells 14, Portage 5
Oakfield 18, Montello 0
Waterloo 12, Pardeeville 0
Horicon 6, Parkview 2
The Packers have released CB KeiVarae Russell. Russell joined the Packers in Week 8 last season, but spent most of the season on the practice squad. However, he did appear in one regular-season game and both postseason contests.
A former Green Bay Packers player and the leader of a local health system are among the board of directors candidates shareholders will vote on in July. The organization’s annual shareholders meeting is set for 11 a.m. July 26 at Lambeau Field. The team is planning an in-person meeting after last year’s was held virtually.
Four candidates have been nominated for the board of directors: Michael Barber, James Christensen, Eddie Garcia and Chris Woleske. Barber is chief diversity officer for General Electric and based in Milwaukee. Christensen is president and CEO of Green Bay-based Wisconsin Plastics Inc. Garcia is a former placekicker for the Packers, having played for the team in 1983 and 1984. He is currently senior director of business development at Oshkosh Defense. Woleske is president and CEO of Bellin Health.
Also at the shareholders meeting, five board members will take on emeritus status: Nancy Armbrust, Thomas Arndt, Ricardo Diaz, Thomas Olson and John Skoug. Olson and Skoug serve on the executive committee. Marcia Anderson and Karl Schmidt have been proposed to succeed them on the executive committee. Susan Finco has also been proposed to succeed Olson as lead director. The proposed changes will be taken up at the board’s meeting in August.
The team’s 360,000 shareholders should expect to receive proxy information next month. Each shareholder will be provided with four tickets per account. Those who receive meeting materials electronically will be able to print tickets at home after voting their shares.
Shareholders attending the meeting should be prepared to wear face masks and sit in socially distanced arrangements if that is the guidance from local health experts at the time of the meeting. COVID-19 protocols will be posted on packers.com and packersowner.com as the meeting approaches. On Friday, the team dropped mask requirements at Lambeau Field and Titletown for people who are fully vaccinated
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