Milwaukee Sports Headlines

After taking Game 2 of the World Series, the Cardinals are in prime position to win it due to health and home field advantage.

When the World Series resumes Saturday minus the DH, each club will have a bat on the bench who they’d rather have in the lineup.

SATURDAY

HONOR SCORES
BLUEMOUND
Elmbrook

Cam Newton is playing some of the best football of his career, and the surging Carolina Panthers are back over .500 for the first time in five years after beating the Bucs Thursday night.

Cardinals fourth — Holliday tripled. Adams lined out. Molina grounded out, scoring Holliday. Craig walked. Freese grounded out. One run: Cardinals 1, Red Sox 0.

Former Marquette guard Vander Blue was among four players released by the Philadelphia 76ers. Blue was undrafted after leaving the Golden Eagles with one season of eligibility remaining.

NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” utilizes a sideline reporter, Michelle Tafoya, unlike some other NFL broadcasts.

Brett Favre dismissed the possibility of returning to the NFL with St. Louis, and Rams coach Jeff Fisher declined to address reports he tried to lure Favre out of retirement to replace the injured Sam Bradford.

Thoughts found on Twitter this week from Wisconsin-related sports personalities including Packers Randall Cobb and Jermichael Finley and UW basketball player Frank Kaminsky.

College athletes are graduating at an all-time high, according to the NCAA’s newest report. The data, released Thursday, shows 82% of athletes who entered school in the fall of 2006 earned a diploma within six years.

FRIDAY

SWIMMING
WOODLAND

HONOR SCORESAMF BOWLEROColumbia 300 Masters

Red Sox first — Ellsbury walked. Victorino lined out. Pedroia singled, Ellsbury to second. Ortiz safe on fielder's choice and Kozma's error, Ellsbury to third, Pedroia to second. Napoli doubled, scoring Ellsbury, Pedroia and Ortiz. Gomes grounded out, Napoli to third. Bogaerts struck out. Three runs:Red Sox 3, Cardinals 0.

The Brewers sent pitchers Santo Manzanillo, Jesus Sanchez and Josh Ravin outright to Class AAA Nashville.

Texas A&M’s newest football hero is a former soccer player at Middleton High School who needed a quick lesson in football equipment.

Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings — Packers: Out: TE Jermichael Finley (neck), LB Clay Matthews (thumb). DNP: WR James Jones (knee), LB Nick Perry (foot), TE Ryan Taylor (knee). Full: CB Jarrett Bush (hamstring), CB Casey Hayward (hamstring), LB Brad Jones (hamstring), RB James Starks (knee). Vikings: DNP: RB Matt Asiata (shoulder), TE Rhett Ellison (ankle), QB Josh Freeman (concussion), RB Adrian Peterson (hamstring), WR Rodney Smith (hip). Limited: LB Chad Greenway (wrist), CB A.J. Jefferson (ankle), T Matt Kalil (low back), K Blair Walsh (left hamstring). Full: DE Jared Allen (ankle), DT Kevin Williams (knee).