Milwaukee Sports Headlines

Former NFL GM and current ESPN analyst Bill Polian said Ted Thompson’s and the Packers’ free-agent approach mirrored his own.

HONOR SCORESAMF BOWLEROMen's Handicap

Katherine Plouffe of Marquette was a unanimous first-team selection on the all-Big East team announced Wednesday.

Phoenix has gotten a nice boost from 24-year-old twins Marcus and Markieff Morris, who entered the league three years ago after playing at Kansas. The Morris twins join a long line of NBA brother combos. Here are a handful of them:

THURSDAY

These teams in the top 40 of the RPI might surprise you:

HONOR SCORESAMF SOUTH PARKOrganized Chaos

Fox Sports Wisconsin will televise 150 of the 162 Milwaukee Brewers games again this season.

WEDNESDAY

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TUESDAY

Nashville Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne is expected to start Tuesday against the Pittsburgh Penguins in his return from a hip injury that has limited him to only nine games this season.

As the NCAA Tournament approaches, analysts for the website MyTopSportsbooks.com, which reviews online betting sites, offered odds on some out-of-the-ordinary college basketball propositions.

Blayre Turnbull and Courtney Burke each scored as the Wisconsin beat Minnesota State, 2-0, at LaBahn Arena in Madison to advance to the WCHA Final Face-Off in Bemidji, Minn.

Reliever Guillermo Mota, who pitched 58 games for the Brewers in 2008, announced he is retiring after 14 seasons in the major leagues. Mota was a non-roster invitee to the Kansas City Royals camp and did not pitch last season.

The Academy Awards are over for another year. This year’s nominees for best actor and actress included some with ties to sports movies.