Milwaukee Sports Headlines

Gary Andersen’sfirst team at Wisconsin opened at No. 23 in the USA Today preseason coaches’ poll.

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

FRIDAY

Coming off back-to-back victories in the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship and the State Amateur, Mequon’s Jordan Niebrugge is in a three-way tie for the lead for the 111th Western Amateur Championship.

If two irrelevant NBA teams work a trade, does it make a noise in the basketball forest? Well, yes, it did in the case of Bucks point guard Brandon Jennings,

Rebecca Young-Reddin could be out with her friends doing whatever freshmen at Brookfield East High School do in the summer. But she isn’t.

WEDNESDAY

With the 2013 NFL season almost upon us, a handful of matchups have fans abuzz.

World Golf Championships

A fan favorite for much of his five seasons in Milwaukee (1972-’76), George ‘Boomer’ Scott’s loud and boisterous style began to wear on both fans and teammates near the end of his stay because the club did a lot of losing.

It isn't the most glamorous part of tennis, but the doubles team of twins Bob and Mike Bryan is on a historic role.

Some MLB players reacted with anger and contempt when Ryan Braun was forced to admit he used performance-enhancing drugs.

TUESDAY

OZAUKEE COUNTY TOURNAMENTMEN

Eddy Morgan has found out that coaching summer college amateur baseball is a little like working at a summer camp for kids. Sometimes, name tags would be nice for all the new, young faces.