Friday Sports 5/10/19
10 May 2019 Sports
Sports from Wayne Mausser
The Brewers are back in action this afternoon after having Thursday off. Milwaukee takes a six-game wining streak to Wrigley Field to play the Cubs. Lefty Gio Gonzalez, who does not have a decision, will make his third start for the Brewers, His ERA after two starts is 2.61 in 10.1 innings while striking out nine. Jose Quintana, who’s 4-0, will start for the Cubs. Milwaukee went 8-2 on its recent homestand, with three-game sweeps of the Mets and Nationals. First pitch is at 1:20 and the game can be heard on AM1100/98.3 FM, WISS.
In the N.L. Central on Thursday, the Cubs beat the Marlins 4-1, the Reds blanked the A’s 3-0 and the Cardinals pounded the Pirates 17-4.
The Bucks still don’t know their opponent will be in the NBA in the Eastern Conference Finals. Philadelphia won at home last night over the Toronto Raptors 112-101 to force a seventh game in their semi final series, which will be Sunday night in Toronto.
In the NBA Western Conference semi finals last night, Portland won at home over Denver 119-108 to force a seventh game on Sunday. Tonight Golden State plays at Houston. The Warriors lead 3-2 in that series.
The Wisconsin Glo, a women’s basketball team, will make its professional debut tonight at the Menominee Nation Arena in Oshkosh. The Glo hosts the Flint Monarchs tonight and tomorrow night. Tipoff is at 7:00 both evenings and tickets are available.
High School Sports from Thursday
The Oshkosh North softball team is rolling, ranked #1 in the state and leaving no doubt every time out. The Spartans are 22-0 overall after a 19-1 win over Appleton West Thursday night that featured 5 more home runs. Oshkosh North is 15-0 in the strong FVA conference. And the Spartans are out-scoring conference opponents by an insane 186-7 margin. But the Spartans have maintained a laser focus through all the success, seeking an elusive state title. After making it to Madison but coming up short in 2016 and 2017, they went 25-1 last year before being upset in the first round of the playoffs.
Appleton East 11, Appleton West 7
Waupun 3, Ripon 2
Only two episodes remains for the beloved HBO show Game of Thrones. The eighth season’s fifth episode is anticipated to be one of the most thrilling yet, and there will be very special cameo in the episode.
Packers fans, get excited, because Aaron Rodgers will be featured on Sunday’s episode of Game of Thrones, which is the second-to-last episode of the entire program.
It’s remains unclear the capacity in which Rodgers will appear in the episode, but it isn’t the first time HBO has lured a non-acting celebrity into the show.
Ed Sheeran was famously featured, and even sang, in an episode in the seventh season, briefly interacting with the character Arya Stark. Rodgers was most likely not brought on to participate in song, so it will be interesting to see what role was carved out for his character.
The final season of the show already divided audiences, due to its plot development. The internet further roasted it after people discovered a Starbucks cup in one of the scenes.
Following all that up by placing Rodgers in possibly one of the most important episodes of the show could really turn the fans against them, or it could be a huge hit, depending on how much attention HBO puts on the fact that the character is in fact a former NFL MVP.
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