Milwaukee Sports Headlines

SATURDAY

Mitchell Sommer, 19, Waukesha, Classic Menomonee Falls, Random Scratch, fourth 300 game. 834 series (269-265-300).

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The NCAA Board of Directors voted to allow the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC to unilaterally change some rules.

One week you’re serving a suspension for “the most egregious mistake” of your career. The next week, you’re given a national radio show.

Josh Castleman homered and allowed four hits as New Albany beat Burlington, Wis., 14-4, in four innings in the Little League World Series Great Lakes Region tournament semifinals Thursday in Indianapolis.

Kevin Love will soon be on his way from Minnesota to Cleveland after the teams reached an agreement in principle to a trade that will send him to the Cavaliers for Andrew Wiggins, Anthony Bennett and a first-round draft pick, two people with knowledge of the deal said Thursday.

Landon Donovan said he will retire from professional soccer at the end of the Major League Soccer season. The LA Galaxy forward is widely considered the best soccer player in American history, is the top goal-scorer in MLS history and is the top scorer in U.S. national team history.

Here are some thoughts found on Twitter this week from athletes with ties to to Wisconsin.

FRIDAY

John Houfek spent the last 25 years as a Navy Seal doing physically demanding work. But he didn’t compete in triathlons. He will compete in the USA Triathlon Age Group Nationals Saturday and Sunday at the Milwaukee lakefront.

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Tiger Woods showed up at Valhalla Golf Club on Wednesday, three days after withdrawing from the final round of the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational with back spasms.

A couple of women reached sports milestones this week, including Becky Hammon, who became the first full-time, paid female assistant on an NBA coaching staff. Here are some other women who have been sports pioneers.

UWM women’s basketball coach Kyle Rechlicz announced Wednesday that Marquiesha Grant, who was a first-team NJCAA All-American at Rockford Valley College, will play for the Panthers this season.

THURSDAY

The 2014 NFL Kickoff Information Guide provides a lot of fancy paint-by-numbers work from Elias Sports Bureau and some of it comes in green and gold.

Former University of Wisconsin coach Jeff Sauer and one of his old players, Brian Rafalski, will be inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame.