WRCO Evening Sports

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WRCO Evening Sports

WRCO Sports · Mon Mar 3, 2025

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Although Wisconsin built a lead to nine points in the first half, it eventually dropped

a game yesterday at Michigan State, someone who won the 62, John Tanji was held to 11 points

in Starter Max Clusmet, missed the big 10 game with an injury.

John Blackwell led the way with 19 points.

The Badgers came in leading the conference by hitting 38% of their three pointers, but

only connected on 5 of 32 in the defeat.

They traveled to Minnesota for a border rival game on Wednesday night.

Marquette dominated the Georgetown Hoyos on Saturday by a 76-61 score.

The Golden Eagles grabbed the lead six minutes into the game and never trailed the rest of

the way.

They were up 39 to 22 at the half.

David Joplin scored 17 points and took down nine rebounds.

Van Gold had 15 points.

Marquette travels to Yukon on Wednesday for a big east conference.

Showdown.

The Wisconsin women's hockey team completed a weekend sweep of the mid-Jose State on Saturday

with a 11 to nothing route.

Senior Captain Casey O'Brien scored six points in the runaway, giving her a program record

265 for her career.

Hillary Knight held the previous record with 262 points.

Kristen Sims had a hat trick.

The Badgers advanced to the WCHA final face-off next weekend at Minnesota Duluth.

The Brewers have hired former New York Mets General Manager, Billy Uppler, as a special

advisor.

He will be involved in scouting and baseball operations.

Uppler had been suspended for a year by Major League Baseball for his involvement in creating

fake injury ports.

He also served as GM for the Los Angeles Angels from 2015 to 2020.

The Brewers are in spring training action tonight, not a day game, a rare night game,

and that will be against Cincinnati, and you'll be able to hear the broadcast of that

game on WRC-E-107.7 and AM-1450.

First pitch will be at 7.05 with the pregame starting at around 7.

Linebacker Isaiah McDuffee is staying with Green Bay Packers, Packers General Manager,

Brian Goodakunz announced today that the team had resigned McDuffee without revealing

terms.

A person familiar with the situation told the Associated Press that McDuffee agreed

to a $2-year $8-million deal, McDuffee was due to become an unrestricted free agent

if he hadn't reached a deal with Green Bay.

The Packers selected him out of Boston College in the sixth round of the 2021 draft.

A person familiar with the situation says the Philadelphia Eagles are set to release cornerback

Darius Slay.

The person spoke to the Associated Press on Conditions of Anonymity today because Slay

will not be released until after June 1st.

The Eagles made the decision to cut the six-time Pro Bowl car back only three weeks after

they won the Super Bowl.

Slay spent the last five years with the Eagles.

And Jimmy Johnson has announced his retirement from Fox Sports after being a part of its NFL

coverage for 31 years.

81-year-old Johnson made the announcement during an appearance on the herd with Colin

Cowherd.

He said that he had been thinking about retiring for four or five years.

He said he would miss the people he's worked with and called it a great 31-year run.

Johnson worked alongside host Kurt Benafee and Terry Bradshaw and analyst Holly Long and

Michael Strahan.

As a coach, he won consecutive Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys and the College Football

National Championship with Miami in 1987.

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For WRCO Sports, I'm Tim Feed.