Emmett Prosser

3 weeks ago | wisconsinrapidstribune.com | Emmett Prosser

Aaron Rodgers has emerged from NFL free-agent darkness — although he may have just been waiting for organized team activities to end. After being released by the New York Jets in March, Rodgers will sign a one-year deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers' last day of OTAs was June 5. Rodgers was in Egypt during the Jets' OTAs last year. But that was the past. Let's focus on the future.

3 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Emmett Prosser

The Indiana Pacers were a long shot to make the NBA Finals when the 2025 playoffs started. And despite the fact that they might be the only team in the league as deep as the Oklahoma City Thunder, it hasn't changed their underdog status among oddsmakers. When the finals open June 5, the host Thunder will be the heaviest favorite to win the series since the 2017 Golden State Warriors against the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2017.

3 weeks ago | usatoday.com | Emmett Prosser

It would have been a bit early to call Cincinnati center fielder TJ Friedl "The Hamburgler," but he did rob the Milwaukee Brewers of a possible ninth straight victory when he scaled the wall to take away a tying home run from Jake Bauers with two outs in the ninth inning June 3. There will be no free sliders from George Webb after 12 consecutive wins. Milwaukee lost the game, 4-2, and the Brewers' winning streak ended at eight games.

3 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Emmett Prosser

Wisconsin's three-decade run of hosting seven major golf championships — and a Ryder Cup — may have ended last weekend with the 2025 U.S. Women's Open at Erin Hills. But the state will continue to be a mecca for the sport. Golf Digest released its annual ranking of the America's 100 Greatest Public Courses last week and, despite the limited number of warm-weather days in the state, Wisconsin led the country with 11 courses on the list.

3 weeks ago | usatoday.com | Emmett Prosser

If you watched any part of the Milwaukee Brewers-Cincinnati Reds game June 2, you noticed that players had a No. 4 patch on their uniform for a second consecutive game. Why? June 2 is officially Lou Gehrig Day in Major League Baseball. Gehrig became the New York Yankees first baseman on June 2, 1925. All players on Major League Baseball teams wore No. 4 patches on their uniforms June 1 and June 2 in honor of Gehrig, who wore the No. 4.