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London
calling
Gwen
Jorgensen never dreamed of becoming an Olympic athlete. Even during
college, when she reached All-American status in track, she didn’t
have her sites set on representing the United States at the games.
Crew's new
skipper on board
Ron Roenicke
played in the 1984 World Series and won a championship ring as a coach
with the 2002 Los Angeles Angels. Can he bring a title to Milwaukee as
the Brewers’ new manager? Before heading to spring training,
Roenicke talked with M writer Cathy Breitenbucher.
Game changer
As hot as Milwaukee
Bucks point guard Brandon Jennings has been on the basketball
court, that’s how cold he has been off of it. That should not
come as much of a surprise since Wisconsin winters can be harder
to adjust to than life in the NBA for native Californians.
Fast Track
Figure
skaters, fitness runners, hockey players and even hockey parents who
populate the Pettit National Ice Center have seen them cranking out
laps on the 400-meter oval. They are the world-class speed skaters who
call the place home.
Livin' the
life
Catherine
Raney Norman doesn’t do things halfway. Where some young teenagers might stick a toe into the waters of a
new sport, she embraced the challenge and became a world-class
performer.
Go for your
own gold
So
you’ve caught Olympic fever. That’s great, because right in our
backyard are opportunities to try some of the Winter Games’ most
famous and fun sports.
Perfect
timing
When
Milwaukee Wave coach Keith Tozer got the call in July, he thought it
was a prank. The person on other end of the line said he was
interested in buying the Milwaukee Wave.
Hot wheels
Competitive bike racing
isn’t the race you remember from childhood between you and your
brother to the end of the block on your Schwinn 10-speeds.
Instead, think weaving, sprinting and attacking in a tight-knit
group of riders at 35 mph on a high-performance bike.
On thick ice
When Randy Dean says "he’s on ice," he means it. As the
new head of the Pettit National Ice Center in West Allis, he’s in
charge of everything that hums, buzzes and blinks at the $13 million
facility, in addition to promoting the place.
Tough girl
Brett Favre will always be the first
athlete who sports fans in Wisconsin think of when the subject turns
to toughness. Favre may be the gold standard, but
West Allis Olympic gymnast Chellsie Memmel is not far behind. Memmel,
5-foot-2, 119 pounds, is grittier than the cheapest of breakfast
steaks.
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