sports

  • Summer Supermen In Milwaukee

    By Michael Ford “I loved sports, but I was the bespectacled chubby guy who was more interested in sports statistics,” Mike Ford admits. “I participated but I was not the first guy picked when it came to choosing up sides.” With this admission, Mike Ford begins a story about two aspects of baseball that consumed his

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  • My Senior Year In Cardinal Basketball

    By Jonathan Brown The ex-footballers barely had a long weekend off before we had our first workouts in Converse sneakers. Four of the six returning lettermen from the 1960 basketball team made the quick transformation. They were forwards Jack Nussbaum, Al Esther, Bud Aspatore, and Jon Brown. At guard, we had experienced lettermen in Chuck

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  • Fox River Valley Sports

    By Jonathan Brown JUNIOR VARSITY FOOTBALL 1958 The valley formed by the Fox River has a drainage system covering some 200 miles of Northeastern Wisconsin. The Fox River flows east into Lake Winnebago at Oshkosh and exits the lake at Appleton. From there, the water flow north into Lake Michigan by way of Green Bay.

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