Milwaukee Sports Headlines

The capacity of the Alliant Energy Center’s main exhibition hall is listed as 2,520. It’s a good thing the National Archery in the Schools Program World Tournament was spread over three days. Because 2,632 students from three countries toed the shooting line at the tourney this weekend.

Brewers third baseman Aramis Ramirez had some big seasons during the eight full years he played for the Chicago Cubs but never was elected by the fans to start in the All-Star Game. This year, that changed.

SUNDAY

The Milwaukee Brewers offered little resistance in a 10-2 thumping by the St. Louis Cardinals, forfeiting sole possession of first place in the National League Central for the first time since April 8.

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After scoring three times in each of the first two innings, Milwaukee’s offense went stone-cold. The Brewers managed six hits over the final seven innings against starter Joe Kelly and four relievers.

SATURDAY

Erik Jones led for 131 of 200 laps and won the NASCAR Trucks Series American Ethanol 200 on Friday night in Newton, Iowa. It is the second career win for the 18-year-old Jones.

Mo Martin had a plan for Royal Birkdale, and it’s working better than she imagined at the Ricoh Women’s British Open in Southport, England.

Matteo Trentin of Italy won Friday’s seventh stage of the Tour de France in a photo finish over Slovakia’s Peter Sagan, after the top American hopeful went down in a crash.

FRIDAY

In 2009, major-league baseball’s All-Star Game telecast in St. Louis had on average of almost 14.6 million viewers. Last year in New York, it drew 11.0 million viewers, which was 100,000 more than the previous season in Kansas City, when viewership for the show was an all-time low (10.9 million).

The Miami Heat president met with the four-time National Basketball Association MVP on Wednesday afternoon in Las Vegas, two people familiar with the situation said, speaking on condition of anonymity because neither side publicly disclosed details of the meeting.

THURSDAY

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