7/13/23 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Thursday
13 July 2023 Sports
From Wayne Mausser
The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders split a doubleheader with the Woodchucks on Wednesday. The Dock Spiders took a rain shortened game one victory, 6-1. However, the Woodchucks came back in game two, beating the Dock Spiders 9-1.
The Dock Spiders are 17-28 on the season and 4-6 in the second half. The Dock Spiders will be back in action tonight in Wisconsin Rapids as they take on the Rafters. First pitch is scheduled for 6:05 P.M.
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers made a small trade on Wednesday. The Dodgers acquired right-handed pitcher Tyson Miller from the Brewers, sending cash to Milwaukee in the deal.
Miller made seven appearances for the Brewers out of the bullpen this season, posting a 5.74 ERA in 9.2 innings. He struck out seven batters and walked three, giving the Brewers four scoreless outings.
Miller has 25 major league innings under his belt since being drafted in 2016. He made his MLB debut with the Chicago Cubs in 2020 and appeared in four games for the Texas Rangers in 2022. He earned his first career win last September after throwing 3.2 scoreless innings in a Rangers win over the Seattle Mariners.
On the men ‘s PGA Tour the Barbasol Championship is being played at being played in Nicholasville, Kentucky. Last year, Trey Mullinax captured his first PGA Tour win with a one-shot victory over Kevin Streelman.
In the NBA Summer League today the Milwaukee Bucks host the Miami Heat at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.. Milwaukee is 2-1 while Miami is 1-1.
It didn’t take long for the NBA to go from experimentation to implementation, with the Board of Governors approving rule changes introduced only Friday with the start of the 2023 Summer Leagues.
Beginning with the 2023-24 season, an in-game flopping penalty and expanded use of the Coach’s Challenge will be added to the league’s landscape.
Both already were in effect for the 11-day NBA 2K24 Summer League still underway on the UNLV campus, as well as the events held previously in Sacramento and Salt Lake City. Like so many rule changes and tweaked interpretations, the NBA enacted them on a provisional basis for the July exhibitions.
The flopping penalty will be assessed by game officials when they perceive a physical act intended to cause a foul on another player. The offending player will be charged with a non-unsportsmanlike technical foul — which means it will not count toward an ejection — and the opposing team will be awarded one free throw. Any player in the game can be designated by his coach to shoot the free throw.
Referees can call the “flop” during live play or at the next neutral opportunity to assess the penalty. It is possible that a foul and a flopping violation could be called on the same play. The rule has been adopted on a one-year trial basis.
A flopping violation will not be directly reviewable by a Coach’s Challenge, though a referee could call it if noticed during a review for other actions. And there will be more reviews overall now that a team successful in its first Challenge will get a second one in that game.
Previously, coaches have been reluctant to use the tool even on obvious wrong calls if they occurred early in the game, preferring to have it handy for a late pivotal moment. Now they won’t be penalized for, essentially, helping to get calls right.
To trigger a Challenge, a team still will need to have a timeout available. If successful, the timeout was retained. That still will be the case for a team’s first Challenge, but out of concern for game length and flow, any second Challenge will use up the timeout regardless. The NBA Competition Committee, made up of players, coaches, executives, owners and referees, unanimously had recommended the new rules for the Board of Governors vote.
Sterling Sharpe, Mike Holmgren and Cecil Isbell will get another crack at the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The three are among a group of players, coaches and contributors with Green Bay Packers connections included in the 60 semifinalists for the Class of 2024 named Wednesday.
Sharpe played for the Packers from 1988-94. He broke the NFL’s single-season receptions record two consecutive years, with 108 in 1992 and 112 in 1993. Sharpe was a five-time Pro Bowler and made first-team All-Pro three times in a career cut short by a neck injury.
Holmgren turned around a struggling Packers team in 1992, culminating in a Super Bowl XXXI championship following the 1996 season and an NFC championship the next year. He also appeared in a third Super Bowl as coach of the Seattle Seahawks.
Despite playing in only five seasons, Isbell made four Pro Bowl teams. He was a member of the Packers’ 1939 NFL championship team, and led the league in passing in 1941 and 1942.
All three were named hall of fame finalists last year.
Other semifinalists with Packers connections:
Eddie Kotal was nominated for his work as a scout with the Los Angeles Rams. He played at Lawrence University and for the Packers, including the 1929 NFL championship team. Kotal also coached at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and for the Packers before joining the Rams.
Wide receiver Mark Clayton played for the Packers in 1993 following a decade with the Miami Dolphins.
Defensive lineman Steve McMichael also finished his career in Green Bay following a rookie season with the New England Patriots and 13 years with the Chicago Bears, where he was a member of the Super Bowl XX championship team. The UW-Stevens Point women’s soccer team is heading to Australia and New Zealand for the Women’s World Cup this weekend. Coach Dawn Crow says it’s a once in a lifetime chance for many of the players. Crow has been around great players during her time in college and with the U.S. Soccer reserve team and she wants her current players to get that same experience. The Pointers will play exhibition matches in both countries, giving them a chance to spread the Pointer brand and the love of the game.
The team will take in some matches too, including the U.S. opener against Vietnam on Friday, July 21st along with two others involving other countries. The team will leave Sunday to make the 18 1/2 hour flight, and fans can follow the trip on the UWSP soccer social media accounts.
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