Milwaukee Sports Headlines

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Cara Walls scored the tie-breaking tally in the 81st minute as the University of Wisconsin women’s team edged Connecticut, 3-2, in their season opener in Storrs, Conn.

LADIES CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP Ozaukee

Ryan Braun’s written statements on Thursday drew the attention of some in the press and in Punditville

SATURDAY

Dean Meminger, the former Marquette University great who played a reserve role on the New York Knicks’ 1973 NBA championship team, was found dead Friday in a Manhattan hotel room. He was 65.

The BOG: Eagle — Danny Shuttes, No.14, 500 yards, putter. Todd Fiorintineo, 69; Shuttes, 77.

Here are some thoughts found on Twitter this week. Go to www.jsonline.com/sportstweets for links to accounts of state athletes.

The NFL game announcers and pairings remain unchanged this season for CBS-TV, which is in its 54th year of carrying National Football League telecasts.

FRIDAY

WSGA SENIOR TOUREVENT NO.11Lawsonia-Links, par 72

Thirty-six of the nation’s top junior swimmers will represent the United States at the FINA World Junior Championships in Dubai starting Monday, and two of them are from Wisconsin.

THURSDAY

Five reasons to root for the A’s:

When former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer called to talk about Ryan Braun and how Braun might draw a map that could lead him back to some level of respectability, we were more than a little curious about his suggestions.