Milwaukee Sports Headlines

THURSDAY

Former Milwaukee Brewers infielder Yuniesky Betancourt is headed for Japan this season, signing a guaranteed one-year contract with the Orix BlueWave of the Pacific League.

The Chinese New Year arrives on Friday, Jan. 31. It will be the year of the horse. There are plenty of horses who have made their mark in sports history:

Where: MetLife Stadium (82,500), East Rutherford, N.J. This is the first Super Bowl played in the New York area.

For the third straight off-season, Adrian Peterson will be recovering from surgery.

With the 2013-'14 NFL season ending after Sunday's Super Bowl, here are some very unofficial, offbeat awards:
BEST GAME

2014 Winter Olympics Index

Twenty years after going out together in a golden blaze of Winter Games glory, Bonnie Blair Cruikshank and Dan Jansen remain the closest of friends, united by bonds that can never be broken.

HONOR SCORESALPLINE Monday Night Men's

According to a Harris Poll, about 35% of U.S. adults who follow at least one sport say pro football is their favorite sport, while 14% say baseball is their favorite.

If this was the NFL of 50 years ago, football fans would have just enjoyed one of the league’s odder bits of history — the Playoff Bowl.

Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway won the final World Cup slalom before the Sochi Olympics on Tuesday night for his first career victory.

Calling the NCAA a “dictatorship,” a handful of Northwestern football players announced Tuesday they are forming the first labor union for college athletes — one they hope eventually will represent players nationwide.

WEDNESDAY

Keith Appling scored 16 points and No. 7 Michigan State outlasted No. 15 Iowa, 71-69, in overtime Tuesday night in Iowa City.

The St. Norbert steamroller continues to go full speed ahead. The Green Knights, ranked eighth in the D3hoops.com poll, cut Lake Forest down to size Tuesday night.

PGA Tour

Major League Baseball has approved a protective cap for pitchers, hoping to reduce the damage from line drives to head that have brought some terrifying and bloody scenes in the last few years.