2006 June » Brats & Beer

June 29, 2006

Finally a reasonable voice speaks up in the strange story of Nick Barnett and FiveSix Ultra Lounge. For those of you who have not been following this saga, a quick recap: The Green Bay city council voted a few weeks back not to renew the liquor license for the FiveSix, owned by the Packers linebacker, […]

Iowa State’s own Will Blalock was the final player to be picked in the NBA Draft last night, being selected by the Detroit Pistons. The Boston native becomes the 31st Cyclone basketball player to be drafted by a pro team and the first since Jackson Vroman in 2004. While Blalock’s talents will be missed at […]

June 28, 2006

Unveiled tonight at the start of the NBA Draft, here is the new Milwaukee Bucks logo. As predicted by many, the team is going back to the green and red “Christmas” scheme of the late 1960s, though a statement released by management says that the new red is “more sophisticated” than the one first used […]

June 25, 2006

Madison native Phil Kessel was the fifth overall pick in the NHL draft yesterday, getting picked up by the Boston Bruins. The talented center made a name for himself on the U-18 team last year was recruited by Wisconsin and Boston College but chose the University of Minnesota; he scored 18 goals for the Gophers […]

June 22, 2006

Looks like my Cyclones are dreaming big these days. The athletic department unveiled long-range plans the other day for expansion work at both Jack Trice Stadium and Hilton Coliseum. For Jack Trice, they want to add new suites and club seats and to eventually enclose the south end of the field with additional seating. (How […]

The Big 10 (11, Whatever, Who’s Counting) Conference struck a deal yesterday with FOX Networks to create a Big 10 cable channel set to launch in 2007. According to the press release, the channel will carry at least 35 football games, more than 150 men’s and women’s basketball games, other tournaments and championships, plus historic […]

Here we go again. The Journal Sentinel is reporting that Al Harris is ready to take his contract dispute to DEFCON 4 and might hold out of training camp if Green Bay isn’t willing to part with some of that revenue they made last year. Great. Just what we needed. New coaches, new systems, same […]

June 19, 2006

The Green Bay Packers reported over the weekend that the team’s revenue rose to $208 million, the seventh-best in the NFL. That might seem like little consolation for fans still smarting from the dismal 4-12 season last year, but it is great news that the league’s smallest-market team can compete so well financially. Like it […]

June 16, 2006

I came across a link on Every Day Should be Saturday to an analysis of school mascots at Golden Tornado. Running down the Big 12, Nathan reaches the spot-on conclusion that ISU’s mascot sucks. Speaking as an alumnus and faithful supporter of the Cyclones, I’ll be the first to admit that Cy isn’t the best […]

The Hershey Bears proved to be too much for the Admirals, besting Milwaukee 5-1 last night at the Bradley Center to win the Calder Cup in six games. The Bears jumped out to an early lead once again, with net minder Pekka Rinne giving up two goals in the first six minutes of the game. […]