Milwaukee Sports Headlines

SUNDAY

The day before the French Open final, Serena Williams’ coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, was discussing whether his player would need to lift her level to beat Garbine Muguruza and collect a record-equaling 22nd Grand Slam title.

He used to drive from Chicago to Milwaukee and back in those uncertain days of 1968, nonstop, wishing to ponder his future in solitude.

In the ring, Muhammad Ali was larger than life, idolized by millions for his skill and his outsized personality. Many have tried to imitate him; all have fallen short. Outside the ring, he raised a symbolic fist against injustice and war and inequality.

In life, he was “the greatest.” He told us that for so long that we eventually just shrugged and accepted it. In death, and with the benefit of quiet reflection, a more accurate label would be “the most complicated.”

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Brendan Steele had a 5-under 67 on Friday and was tied for the lead with past champion Matt Kuchar going into a wide-open weekend at the Memorial in Dublin, Ohio.

Santa Clara, Calif. — Cristian Zapata scored his first international goal, James Rodriguez added a 42nd-minute penalty kick and Colombia beat the United States, 2-0, Friday night in the opener of the Copa America.

Muhammad Ali, the Louisville-born boxing champion who inspired love and hate — and finally became a global symbol of peace and reconciliation — died Friday following respiratory complications at a hospital not far from his Arizona home. He was 74.

Vanderbilt freshman pitcher Donny Everettdrowned while fishing in Tennessee a day before the Commodores were to open the NCAA tournament Friday. He was 19.

Novak Djokovic is on the precipice of history once again at the French Open, reaching the final for the fourth time in five years at the only major tournament he hasn’t won.

SATURDAY

Luis Arias, an unbeaten middleweight prospect (14-0) from Milwaukee, faces Jorge “Pantera” Silva (21-10-2) of Tijuana, Mexico, in the main event of a card at the Wisconsin Center.

Golden State’s bench came up big as the Warriors beat LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, 104-89, on Thursday night to move three wins away from a repeat title.

UW-Milwaukee has been selected to play in the Sanford Pentagon Showcase in Sioux Falls, S.D., from Nov. 25-27.

Here are some thoughts found on Twitter this week.

Serena Williams’ chest was heaving between points. Her footwork wasn’t quite right. Miscue followed miscue, until she was a set and a break down in the French Open quarterfinals. And as she so often does, Williams came through when she needed to...

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