6/23/23 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Friday
23 June 2023 Sports
The Milwaukee Bucks traded to the number 36 overall pick in Thursday night’s NBA Draft, selecting U-Conn guard Andre Jackson Jr. They then took Kentucky forward Chris Livingston with the number 58 and last overall selection.
The first overall pick was 7’ 5” Victor Wembanyama by the San Antonio Spurs.
The Brewers were off Thursday. LHP Wade Miley (4-2, 3.28) gets the start in the opener of three-game series against Cleveland on Friday. Miley threw a no-hitter as a member of the Reds in his last outing against the Guardians in Cleveland on May 7, 2021. He will be opposed by RHP Shane Bieber (5-4, 3.51). First pitch is at 6:10.
In the NL Central Thursday the Marlins beat the Pirates 6-4. The Brewers trail the Reds by 1 ½ games in the division, the Cubs are 3 ½ out, the Pirates 5 ½ and the Cardinals are 9 games behind.
In the Midwest League Thursday the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers lost at home 4-3 to Lansing. The loss drops the T-Rats 26 and 38. The two teams meet again tonight with the first pitch at 6:40.
The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders had their three game winning streak snapped Thursday as they fell to the Rafters 3-1. Both teams will be back in action tonight at Witter Field. First pitch is slated for 6:35 P.M.
The second round of the Travelers Championship continues today at TPC River Highlands. Denny McCarthy shot a 10 under par 60. Keegan Bradley and Adam Scott are two shots back and Scottie Scheffler three strokes behind. Three other golfers are four shots back at 68. Round one was highlighted by Rory Mcilroy’s first-ever PGA tour hole-in-one on the par three 214 yard 8th hole. According to the PGA Tour, McIlroy had played 3,253 par-3 holes over his tour career before the Thursday ace. Mcilroy finished with a 68.
The overall purse is $20 million.
On the LPGA Tour the second round of the 2023 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship continues. Lee-Anne Pace of South Africa made a two-putt birdie on the final hole in fading daylight for a 5-under 66 and the first-round lead Thursday in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Baltusrol.
Two-time major winner Brooke Henderson of Canada and Ruoning Yin and Xiyi Lin of China were a shot back as Baltusrol’s historic Lower Course yielded 16 under-par rounds to the field of 156 players.
NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers was among a wide-ranging lineup of speakers at a psychedelics conference in Denver this week and advocated for the legalization of psychedelics by discussing his own experiences.
The conference, put on by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies — the largest U.S. advocacy group — took place months after Colorado’s voters decided to join Oregon in decriminalizing psychedelic mushrooms. While it’s a sign of growing cultural acceptance for substances that proponents say might offer benefits for things like post-traumatic stress disorder and alcoholism, medical experts caution that more research is needed on the drugs’ efficacy and the extent of the risks of psychedelics, which can cause hallucinations.
“Is it not ironic that the things that actually expand your mind are illegal and the things that keep you in the lower chakras and dumb you down have been legal for centuries?” Rodgers, who had previously discussed his use of ayahuasca, said Wednesday night.
Rodgers, who’ll soon debut with the New York after years with the Green Bay Packers,spoke at the conference with podcaster Aubrey Marcus. Rodgers described taking ayahuasca with his teammates as “radically life-changing,” and said many other pro athletes have reached out to him. “The response from other people in the sports industry has been incredible. To see basketball players and baseball players and surfers, entertainers and my own teammates and colleagues across the league reach out and either share their story about their own medicine journey or ask to be a part of an upcoming one was pretty special.”
Ayahuasca is defined as a psychoactive beverage native to South America and is often used for religious, ritualistic or medicinal purposes.
Wisconsin Badgers Second-Team All-American running back. Braelon Allen, alongside 35 of his Badger teammates, will be participating in an Offense vs. Defense Charity Softball Game on Saturday June 24th. Game time is at 1:04 at Herr-Baker Field in Fond du Lac
Allen grew up in Fond Du Lac and is excited to give back to the community he calls home. His Charity Softball Game will raise money for three organizations that played a pivotal role in Braelon’s youth, the Fond du Lac Boys and Girls Club, YMCA and The Fondy Youth Football League.
Allen is also hosting a youth football camp with his teammates today at 1:05 at Herr-Baker Field.
Kids 9-17 with a ticket to the game will be admitted free to the camp.
Food and berages will be available to purchase for camp participants and camp spectators.
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