Sports - March 31, 2009
Yankees' excess makes it easy to root against them
The baseball season is almost upon us, and sports columnist Dave Begel is fixated on two things. One is that the Brewers surprise us all by being good again. The other is that the Yankees pay the price for their ridiculous excess by falling flat on their face. Begel isn't talking about coming close and missing. He's talking about a record of something like 62-100.
Tags: yankees, jeter, a-rod, doug melvin, mark attanasio, cc sabathia, a.j. burnett, mark teixeira

Sports - Oct. 23, 2006
It's "Game On" for Marquette, UWM
In a somewhat surprising twist to an ongoing soap opera, UW-Milwaukee announced that it has agreed to the original terms of the 4-for-1 contract offered by Marquette.
Tags: marquette, uwm, haidet, jeter, panthers, golden eagles

Milwaukee Buzz - April 5, 2006
Grassroots group lobbies for UWM name change
Students and alumni will rally Thursday at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to change the name of their school. They plan to launch an initiative that will turn UWM into Wisconsin State University (WSU). You read it here first.
Tags: uwm, wsu, milwaukee, madison, name, nickname, panthers, UW-Milwaukee, santiago, carlos, Pearl, Jeter

Sports - March 12, 2006
College hoops: let the madness begin
For sports fans, there is no better time of the year then March. Especially in Wisconsin, where three of the state's four Division I college basketball teams have their tickets punched for the upcoming NCAA Tournament.
Tags: march madness, basketball, UWM, Crean, Jeter, Marquette, Badgers, NCAA

Sports - Dec. 1, 2005
Jeter faces mentor in intra-state rivalry
Intra-state rivalries among the Division I teams provide early holiday gifts for college basketball fans. It will be real special when UWM's Rob Jeter faces mentor Bo Ryan of UW. Read about it in the monthly State Sports Buzz.
Tags: Jeter, UWM, Panthers, Bucks, Wave, Badgers, Packers, Alvarez, Favre