Milwaukee Sports Headlines

SATURDAY

FRIDAY

Unable to replicate the sort of turn-back-time performance that carried her to the semifinals at Wimbledon, Venus Williams lost to Angelique Kerber, 6-4, 6-4. Serena needed all of 48 minutes to overwhelm Elena Vesnina, 6-2, 6-0.

ATHLETICS

THURSDAY

WISCONSIN STATEGOLF ASSOCIATIONSENIOR TOUR EVENT No.12Meadow Valleys, par 72

Dirk Nowitzki and the Mavericks agreed Tuesday on a two-year, $40 million contract that will keep the 7-foot superstar forward in Dallas for his 19th and 20th National Basketball Association seasons, a source said.

Christian Laettner, a former Duke star whose venture into the business world has left a trail of debt and creditors, could be in bankruptcy court soon.

Here is a list of the American men who have reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon over the past 20 years, including Sam Querry, who accomplished the feat this year.

German rider Marcel Kittel claimed the fourth and longest stage of the Tour de France after a mass sprint on Tuesday.

WEDNESDAY

Members of the Felix Mantilla Little League, some of whom have never been outside Milwaukee, will be exposed to a different culture during the exchange trip in August.

Venus Williams is back in the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time since 2009. And just like in the old days, she will be joined in the semifinals by a familiar face — younger sister Serena.

It was raining, ever so slightly, and her Wimbledon fourth-round match was slipping away, ever so slightly, when Serena Williams stumbled as she ran to the net, winding up seated on the slick Centre Court grass.

TUESDAY

BROADLANDS: Mark Fugett, 73; Julie Johnson, 78.