10/12/22 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Wednesday
12 October 2022 Sports
Wednesday Sports
From Wayne Mausser
The Packers return to the practice field today getting ready for the Jets on Sunday at Lambeau Field. Green Bay has plenty to work on after Sunday’s disappointing 27-22 loss to the Giants in London.
After building up a 20-10 halftime lead over New York, the Packers offense was unable to muster any points in the second half. The only points came on a late intentional safety in the fourth quarter. Coach Matt LaFleur said his offense has to put the game away when they get leads like that. Running backs Aaron Jones and A.J. Dillon had only 19 rushes between them with Jones getting the ball 13 times. LaFleur said that wasn’t enough and it’s something he and his staff will address.
Green Bay’s defense also had its lapses against the Giants in that second half and couldn’t come up with the big play to stop drives when it needs to.
The MLB Divisional Playoffs began Tuesday. In the NLDS the Phillies edged the Braves 7-6 and the Dodgers beat the Padres 5-3. In the ALDS Houston nipped Seattle 8-7 and the Yankees beat Cleveland 4-1.
In the NLDS today Philadelphia (1-0) is at Atlanta and San Diego is at Los Angeles (1-0). In the ALDS Seattle is at Houston (1-0) and Cleveland is at New York (1-0).
Milwaukee Brewers president of baseball operations David Stearns acknowledged Tuesday the trade of four-time All-Star closer Josh Hader affected the team more than he expected at the time he made the deal.
The Brewers were 57-45 and had a three-game lead in the NL Central on Aug. 1 when they traded Hader to the San Diego Padres for pitchers Taylor Rogers and Dinelson Lamet, pitching prospect Robert Gasser and outfield prospect Esteury Ruiz. The Brewers went 29-31 the rest of the way and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2017.
“It had a more pronounced impact than I thought it would at the time, and the surrounding moves didn’t adequately fortify the team in Josh’s absence,” Stearns said in a season-ending news conference.
At the time of the trade, Stearns said he believed the prospects coming to Milwaukee could help the franchise stay competitive longer. The Brewers also were hoping the acquisition of Rogers and the arrivals of Matt Bush and Trevor Rosenthal in separate deals would add depth to the bullpen.
Rosenthal, who hasn’t pitched since 2020 due to injuries, had a setback and never made an appearance for the Brewers. Rogers had a 5.48 ERA and Bush a 4.30 ERA for Milwaukee, with each allowing six homers in 23 innings.
Las Vegas Raiders receiver Davante Adams could be suspended or fined for shoving a photographer to the ground as he left the field following Monday night’s loss at Kansas City.
A person familiar with the process told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the league is reviewing Adams’ actions following a 30-29 loss to the Chiefs, with possible punishment including a fine or suspension. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the league hadn’t made the review public.
NFL Network first reported that Adams could face discipline.
Detectives from the Kansas City Police Department’s assault unit are investigating the incident and will work with prosecutors to determine whether charges are warranted, spokesman Sgt. Jake Becchina said Tuesday. He did not provide a timetable, other than to say it could take more than a couple of days.
As Adams left the field, he pushed what appeared to be a member of a camera crew to the ground as he headed into the Arrowhead Stadium tunnel to the locker room.
Becchina said the photographer went to the hospital for treatment for injuries that were not life-threatening.
Adams apologized in his postgame comments to the media and later on Twitter.
“He jumped in front of me coming off the field. I kind of pushed him. He ended up on the ground,” Adams said after the game. “I want to apologize to him for that. That was just frustration mixed with him really just running in front of me.
“I shouldn’t have responded that way, but that’s the way I responded. I want to apologize to him for that.”
Adams had three catches for 124 yards and two touchdowns in the game. He has 29 catches for 414 yards and five TDs so far in his first season with the Raiders.
Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre says he is being treated unfairly in news coverage of a Mississippi welfare scandal, including about payments he received to help fund a pet project of his — a volleyball arena at the university he attended and where his daughter was playing the sport.
“I have been unjustly smeared in the media,” Favre said in a statement to Fox News Digital, which was published Tuesday. “I have done nothing wrong, and it is past time to set the record straight.
“No one ever told me, and I did not know, that funds designated for welfare recipients were going to the University or me,” Favre said. “I tried to help my alma mater USM, a public Mississippi state university, raise funds for a wellness center. My goal was and always will be to improve the athletic facilities at my university.”
It is one of the few public statements Favre has made about Mississippi’s largest-ever public corruption case involving the misspending of tens of millions of dollars in welfare money that was intended to help some of the poorest people in one of the poorest states in the U.S.
Favre is not facing criminal charges. He is among more than three dozen people or companies being sued by the Mississippi Department of Human Services.
Mississippi Auditor Shad White, a Republican who has investigated the welfare misspending, took exception with Favre’s new statement. White pointed to text messages between Favre and other people about the volleyball arena, recently disclosed in the civil lawsuit.
“Obviously, Mr. Favre knew that he was being paid in government funds, based on the texts,” White told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “He knew that those funds were coming from the Department of Human Services. He’s obviously acknowledged that he needed to repay those funds, too.”
The lawsuit was filed in May and says the defendants “squandered” more than $20 million from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families anti-poverty program.
Favre has repaid $1.1 million he received for speaking fees from the Mississippi Community Education Center, a nonprofit group that spent TANF money with approval from the Department of Human Services. But, White said Tuesday that Favre still owes $228,000 in interest.
In October 2021, Favre and White engaged in a social media spat about White saying Favre had accepted the $1.1 million but had failed to show up for speaking engagements.
“Of course the money was returned because I would never knowingly take funds meant to help our neighbors in need, but for Shad White to continue to push out this lie that the money was for no-show events is something I cannot stay silent about,” Favre wrote.
White said Tuesday that Favre has repeatedly made “confusing” statements about the payment for speaking.
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