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Lucas: Favre's unretirement fervor gets folks all fired up
I saved the transcript, the I've-Given-Everything-I-Possibly-Can-Give-To-This-Organization-(And)-To-The-Game-Of Football-And-I-Don't-Think-I've-Got-Anything-Left-To-Give-And-That's-It transcript, the I-Know-I-Can-Play-But-I-Don't-Think-I-Want-To transcript, the Brett Favre Retirement Press Conference transcript from March 6. read story
Lucas: Could O'Neill again wind up in Milwaukee? Stay tuned
In the late '80s, the Marquette men's basketball program had reached a dead end with the piano-playing Bob Dukiet, who tickled the ivories as an entertainer but nobody's fancy as a coach; not unlike his University of Wisconsin football equivalent Don Morton, who had also worn out his welcome in Madison. read story
Lucas: On football field, it's business as usual for Rudolph
University of Wisconsin tight ends coach Joe Rudolph was working toward a master's degree from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pa.) when it may have dawned on him that he still had more in common with Lou Tepper, the former Illinois football coach and Barry Alvarez antagonist, than David Tepper, a renowned Wall Street investor whose multi-million dollar gift to his alma mater was recognized by renaming the business school in his honor. read story
Lucas: Finally, Self fulfills Final Four goal
During a Saturday news conference in Detroit, previewing the Elite Eight matchup between Kansas and Davidson, the Best Coach to Have Never Coached in the Final Four -- to paraphrase somebody else's depiction, not necessarily his own -- was put on the spot to share his feelings; a painful exercise, knowing the weight of the ape on his back. read story
Lucas: Same as last week, it comes down to guard play
DETROIT — With the Davidson College anthem ("Sweet Caroline") playing in the background, a sullen Trevon Hughes and a dejected Michael Flowers walked off the floor at Ford Field, the last two University of Wisconsin basketball players to make their exit here Friday night. read story
Lucas: Point guards in focus for Badgers, Wildcats
DETROIT — The local focus has run the gamut from an embattled mayor's text messaging scandal, to Ford Co. selling Land Rover, to Chris Webber's retirement plans, to Jon Kitna's search for happiness in a new offensive system with the Lions, to Dontrelle Willis' inflated spring ERA with the Tigers, to Darren McCarty's healthy return with the Red Wings. read story
Lucas: Basketball all about making shots ... or is it?
They missed open shots and contested shots. They missed shots from the paint and all 13 shots from beyond the 3-point arc, snapping a streak of 347 consecutive games in which Kansas State had accounted for at least one triple; a streak dating to 1996. read story
Lucas: Phillips' adjustment to college football harder than he imagined
University of Wisconsin freshman quarterback Curt Phillips felt like a freshman after his first spring football practice. Not a college freshman, making the transition from high school. But a high school freshman, making the transition to the varsity. read story
Lucas: Davidson and Old Pro's Kid got game
One starter is from Carignan, Quebec. Another is from Benin City, Nigeria. One reserve is from Paris, France. Another is from Istanbul, Turkey. The Coach's Kid doesn't play much. The Old Pro's Kid does. In fact, he's the face of the team, the Davidson College men's basketball team that will take on the University of Wisconsin in the Sweet 16. read story
