Sports – Sunday, August 9th, 2015

The St. Louis Cardinals shut out the Milwaukee Brewers 3-0
on Saturday night at Miller
Park.  Wily Peralta gave up just 3 runs and five hits
through seven innings to take the loss.  Jamie
Garcia gave up just 2 hits in seven innings to pick up the win.  The series continues this afternoon.  Coverage begins at 12:35pm on KFIZ.

 

Former Packers GM Ron Wolf became the 23^rd member
of the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday night in Canton, Ohio.  Wolf was the 1^st of those to be
inducted on Saturday night and spoke for about 7 minutes on his work with Al
Davis and the Raiders and of course his time in Green Bay.

 

A sold out Lambeau Field watched the Packers practice in the
annual Family Night Scrimmage on a beautiful Saturday night in Green Bay. 
The Packers will travel to New England
for their 1^st preseason game on Thursday.   You’ll hear it on KFIZ.

 

The NFL preseason gets going tonight with the annual Hall of
Fame Game in Canton, Ohio. 
Coverage begins at 6:30pm on KFIZ.

 

Road America
is back on the Verizon IndyCar Series schedule in 2016.  The IndyCar drivers will be in Elkhart Lake the July 23^rd to 26^th,
2016.  With the series back in Wisconsin, there is
speculation that the Milwaukee Mile may also be back on the schedule in 2016.

 

Reports say that incoming Badger freshman guard Brevin
Pritzl broke his foot and will miss two months of action.  He should be ready for Badger basketball to
open up in October.

 

Justin Rose and Jim Furyk share the lead through three
rounds of the Bridgestone Invitational on the PGA Tour.  The pair sit at -9, which is good for a two
shot lead over Shane Lowry.