Sports – Thursday, February 5th, 2014

The Denver Nuggets beat the Bucks 110-100 last night in the Mile High
City.  Larry Sanders had 25 points and 12 rebounds
in the loss.  Milwaukee opens up a six game homestand on
Saturday night.

Gary Andersen nailed down his first full recruiting class for
the Badger football program on Wednesday. 
The class includes 25 signees and 5 walk-ons.  The class has been ranked right around 30^th
in the nation and 4^th in the Big Ten. 

St. Mary’s Springs senior
lineman Sam Schrauth signed a letter of intent to play at Division II Minnesota
State-Mankato.  New Holstein had a pair
of players sign on to play at Southwest
State in Marshall
Minnesota in Quinn Compton and Bobby Scherer.

The Badgers lost one of their top recruiters on Wednesday as
running backs coach Thomas Hammock left for the same position with the
Baltimore Ravens.  The Packers also had
interest in Hammock but were slow to move.

The NFL is moving part of its Thursday night package to
network TV.  They have reached a deal
with CBS to simulcast 8 Thursday games of the season on both CBS and NFL
Network. Jim Nantz and Phil Simms will handle the play-by-play.  The NFL Network will then carry the final six
games on Thursday and a Saturday double-header in Week 16.

Former Packer safety Nick Collins would like to make a
comeback.  ESPN.com reports that the
former Pro Bowler wants a shot in an NFL camp this year.  He hasn’t played since injuring his neck in
Week 2 of the 2011 season.  The Packers
released him saying they didn’t want to assume the risk of him continuing his
career.  Collins says he’s now 100%
healthy.

About 700,000 people showed up in Seattle to celebrate the Seahawks Super Bowl
victory yesterday.  The festivities
included running back Marshawn Lynch throwing Skittles to the crowd during the
parade and Russell Wilson saying the team isn’t done wining the championships.

The Sochi Olympics are underway in Russia
today.  The games will hold their opening
ceremonies tonight.

Men’s College Basketball

Green Bay
81 UIC 70

MSOE 77 Marian 66

Carroll 79 Ripon 75

Women’s College Basketball

Carroll 70 Ripon 63

UW-Fond du Lac 59 UW-Marinette 44 – Abby Hilbert 16 pts, 12
rebounds

Wednesday Boys Basketball

Two Rivers 55 Campbellsport 35

We’ve got high school boys basketball tonight on KFIZ as Fond du Lac hosts
Kimberly.  Coverage begins at 7:05pm with
the Backyard Grill Pregame Show.  The tip
is set for 7:30pm.  The game streams at
kfiz.com. 

Thursday, February 6^th

Boys Basketball

Kimberly @ Fond du
Lac

Oshkosh
West @ Appleton East

Menasha @ Kaukauna

Appleton
North @ Oshkosh North

Neenah @ Appleton West

Berlin
@ Ripon

Dodgeland @ St. Lawrence

Girls Basketball

St. Mary’s Springs @ KML

WLA @ Mayville

North Fondy @ Lomira

Laconia
@ Omro

Waupun @ Campbellsport

New Holstein @ Kiel

Plymouth
@ Kewaskum

Chilton @ Wrigtstown

Oshkosh Lourdes @ Oakfield

Randolph
@ CWC