The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) articles from April 2005

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) archives from April 2005

Packers' Chatman unfazed by competition from draft picks.
April 30, 2005... Byline: Tom Silverstein and Bob McGinn GREEN BAY, Wis. _ Wide receiver and returner Antonio Chatman took note of the fact the Green Bay Packers drafted two receivers with return ability. But he has come to expect such things during...

Packers' Davenport hopes eating healthy keeps him on the field.
April 30, 2005... Byline: Tom Silsverstein GREEN BAY, Wis. _ If he is going to be the running back of the future, Najeh Davenport has to prove to the Green Bay Packers that he can stay off the injured list. Davenport's 5.1-yard per carry average leads...

Turnbow happy to take on closing duties for Brewers.
April 30, 2005... Byline: Drew Olson MILWAUKEE _ Milwaukee Brewers reliever Derrick Turnbow hasn't reached cult-hero status yet. But he's getting there. "He's pretty much the perfect closer for Milwaukee," third baseman Jeff Cirillo said of his...

Down four, Brewers rally past Reds.
April 30, 2005... Byline: Drew Olson MILWAUKEE _ If you arrived at your seat in the middle of the Cincinnati-Milwaukee matinee Saturday at Miller Park, you might have thought, for a just fleeting moment, that Cecil Cooper had come out of retirement. ...

Selig, saying integrity of game at stake, proposes tougher penalties.
April 30, 2005... Byline: Tom Haudricourt MILWAUKEE _ Reacting decisively to criticism from Congress and fans that Major League Baseball's new drug policy is too lenient, Commissioner Bud Selig has asked union leader Don Fehr to agree to a more...

Hoax claims cell-number directory will be open to telemarketers.
April 29, 2005... Byline: Doris Hajewski MILWAUKEE _ Hold the cell phone. Contrary to a popular urban legend, mobile phone subscribers do not have to list their numbers on a do-not-call list to avoid telemarketers. The cell phone telemarketing...

Brewers' Overbay, defense, pitching combine to scale Reds.
April 29, 2005... Byline: Frank Clines MILWAUKEE _ Sure, Lyle Overbay got all the "O's" and most of the "ahs" Friday night at Miller Park. But he and manager Ned Yost knew there were many heroes in the Milwaukee Brewers' 4-3 victory over the Cincinnati...

Bucks officials mum on franchise's future.
April 29, 2005... Byline: Tom Enlund MILWAUKEE _ They say "silence is golden," but that has not been the case with the Milwaukee Bucks this week. Mum has been the word where the Bucks' organization is concerned, which has fueled even more speculation...

Packers coach frustrated by player absences.
April 29, 2005... Byline: Tom Silverstein GREEN BAY, Wis. _ To no one's surprise, Javon Walker was not in attendance for the Green Bay Packers' first mandatory minicamp practice Friday, but that does not mean the Pro Bowl wide receiver was not heard from....

Lasik surgery works wonders for Packers' Ferguson.
April 29, 2005... Byline: Bob McGinn GREEN BAY, Wis. _ Donald Driver had his breakout season in 2002 and Javon Walker had one last year. Maybe it'll be Robert Ferguson's turn in 2005. Earlier this month, Ferguson had all he could do to get to sleep at...

Will Putin back up words?
April 28, 2005... The following editorial appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Wednesday, April 27: X X X For several months, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been criticized, deservedly, for his crackdown on dissent and the press and...

Brewers narrowly avoid being swept by Cardinals.
April 28, 2005... Byline: Tom Haudricourt ST. LOUIS _ Derrick Turnbow had a simple philosophy after putting the potential tying run on base with a two-out walk in the bottom of the ninth inning. "Just go after the next guy," the Milwaukee Brewers'...

Woodpecker long believed extinct found in eastern Arkansas.
April 28, 2005... Byline: Susanne Quick MILWAUKEE _ The Elvis of birds has been spotted: The sighting of an ivory-billed woodpecker, a bird believed to have been extinct since the 1940s, has been confirmed in the "Big Woods" region of eastern Arkansas....

Possible Hillary 2008 run has politicians strategizing, worrying.
April 28, 2005... Byline: Craig Gilbert MILWAUKEE _ Between the banquet hall and the overflow room, Hillary Clinton will draw more than 2,000 people Friday night to Madison's Monona Terrace _ an event that sold out before a single invitation was sent. ...

Sasha moves on in stubborn isolation.
April 27, 2005... Byline: Mary-Liz Shaw ``You Don't Have to Live Here'' by Natasha Radojeiae; Random House ($21.95) ___ In her latest novel, Natasha Radojeiae has created that most ubiquitous of characters: a defiant teenager. Like many...

Growing up female, alone on eve of Gulf War.
April 27, 2005... Byline: Ana Caban ``Towelhead'' by Alicia Erian; Simon & Schuster ($22) ___ Nearly every coming-of-age story explores sexuality amid the turbulence of puberty. Alicia Erian takes that exploration to uncomfortable extremes in...

Brewers' slide continues with 10th loss in 12 games.
April 27, 2005... Byline: Tom Haudricourt ST. LOUIS _ The first inning told you everything you needed to know about how the series has gone this season between the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Cardinals. The three hitters the Brewers sent to...

Brewers' winning formula calls for large dose of Lee.
April 27, 2005... Byline: Tom Haudricourt ST. LOUIS _ Carlos Lee has played for the Brewers for less than a month, but the team already appears greatly reliant on the new cleanup hitter to win games. Lee continued Wednesday to go 0-for-the season...

Favre's absence at minicamp provides glimpse at the future.
April 27, 2005... Byline: Lori Nickel GREEN BAY, Wis. _ It was kind of ironic that the workaholic coach, who was recently asked by team president Bob Harlan to give up his general manager duties for his own well being, was now telling the iron man...

Gene controls need for sleep, researchers say.
April 27, 2005... Byline: Susanne Quick MILWAUKEE _ While most of us can't seem to function with less than seven hours of sleep, some people seem just fine with three or four. The difference, say researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is...

China keeps protests in check.
April 26, 2005... The following editorial appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Monday, April 25: X X X The Chinese are among the most patriotic people on Earth, fiercely proud of their nation and its long history and resentful of attempts by...

Restore the ethics rules.
April 26, 2005... The following editorial appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Monday, April 25: X X X In response to growing concern, even among Republicans, about House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, the chairman of the House Ethics...

Age-old question.
April 26, 2005... Byline: Jan Uebelherr MILWAUKEE _ To hear Mary Davis tell it today, it was no big deal for her to stop driving. In a sweet and intelligent voice she will tell you how, one day, "they took my car away." That's how she stopped driving,...

Spinning some yarns.
April 26, 2005... Byline: James H. Burnett III Given the hubbub about knitting these days, you might worry that it has the potential to be overdone. Don't recognize the symptoms? If you're someone who can't get enough, who's on the verge of obsessing...

Brewers offer opportunistic Cardinals a free pass.
April 26, 2005... Byline: Tom Haudricourt ST. LOUIS _ With the firepower the St. Louis Cardinals feature in the middle of their lineup, it is ill-advised to help them out with free passes to first base. That's exactly what the Milwaukee Brewers did...

Green cited in domestic violence case.
April 26, 2005... Byline: Don Walker MILWAUKEE _ Green Bay Packers running back Ahman Green has been cited for disorderly conduct in connection with a domestic violence incident at his Brown County home late Monday night, Brown County authorities said...

Panel issues guidelines on stem cell research.
April 26, 2005... Byline: Susanne Quick MILAWUKEE _ Concerned about inadequate regulation of privately funded human embryonic stem cell research, a panel at the National Academies issued guidelines Tuesday for American scientists, universities and private...

Explorers plan unprecedented Arctic trek.
April 25, 2005... Byline: Don Behm MILWAUKEE _ Lonnie Dupre and Eric Larsen know they could be killed a dozen different ways in attempting to be the first explorers to ever cross the Arctic Ocean in summer without the aid of icebreaking ships or...

Arranged quite nicely.
April 25, 2005... Byline: Sheila B. Lalwani MILWAUKEE _ As a young girl growing up in India, Meenakshi Jayaraman never dated. She came from a conservative Hindu family, and even though her friends went on dates, Jayaraman always knew she would meet her...

Mr. Rodgers' neighborhood? Some advice for a young QB.
April 25, 2005... Byline: Michael Hunt MILWAUKEE _ Ya hey der, Aaron Rodgers. OK, so back in Berkeley, the common greeting would be ``s'up, dude,'' or something like that. But this is Green Bay, not the East Bay, so get used to it. The life that you once...

Brewers top Giants.
April 24, 2005... Byline: Drew Olson SAN FRANCISCO _ In order to survive in the high-stress profession of major-league manager, it helps to have a case of tunnel vision. If you toss an innocuous greeting _ ``How are you doing?'' _ toward St. Louis...

Draft can't solve all of Packers' problems.
April 24, 2005... Byline: Dale Hofmann GREEN BAY, Wis. _ Acting like a man with a five-year contract, Ted Thompson makes the Green Bay Packers a better franchise but not a better team. Although the new general manager hasn't written off this season,...

Brewers fall to Giants.
April 23, 2005... Byline: Drew Olson SAN FRANCISCO _ In the aftermath of their 6-2 loss to San Francisco, Milwaukee Brewers players could point to no major breakdowns _ offensive, defensive, pitching, strategic or otherwise _ that led to their downfall...

Packers appear ready to pass the quarterback baton.
April 23, 2005... Byline: Michael Hunt GREEN BAY, Wis. _ Count yourself even among the casually indoctrinated, and the words "California quarterback" and "first-round Green Bay draft pick" appearing in the same sentence are surpassed in their trepidation...

49ers' selection of Smith kicks off a wild draft.
April 23, 2005... Byline: Tom Silverstein GREEN BAY, Wis. _ In the 15 minutes the San Francisco 49ers had to deliver their card to the podium at National Football League draft headquarters in New York on Saturday, the phone did not ring once with a trade...

Packers draft players for learning program.
April 23, 2005... Byline: Bob McGinn GREEN BAY, Wis. _ The Green Bay Packers blithely worked to build a better future but paid precious little attention to the present Saturday with their three selections in the National Football League draft. Most...

Packers save Rodgers' day.
April 23, 2005... Byline: Bob McGinn GREEN BAY, Wis. _ The last time the Green Bay Packers took a quarterback from the University of California in the first round, his name was Rich Campbell and he was the sixth overall selection. Damaged goods from...

Midwifery still an alternative birthing process but growing.
April 22, 2005... Byline: Kawanza L. Griffin MILWAUKEE _ Carmen Simon gave birth just as she'd planned. She was lying on her side, surrounded by husband Chris who massaged her lower back as he sang and prayed with her, and a sister who rubbed her...

Bucks reflect on a season to forget.
April 22, 2005... Byline: Tom Enlund MILWAUKEE _ Ask the coaches and players in the Milwaukee Bucks' locker room what went wrong this season and they will each respond with some version of the three C's: Chemistry, consistency and continuity. The...

Santos, revamped lineup help Brewers end 7-game skid.
April 22, 2005... Byline: Drew Olson SAN FRANCISCO _ Faced with the first extended losing streak of his first season, Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio resisted the urge to haul out the George Steinbrenner Management Manual. Unlike his celebrated...

Retain China arms ban.
April 21, 2005... The following editorial appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Wednesday, April 20: X X X The European Parliament did the right thing last week when it urged European foreign ministers not to lift a 15-year-old ban on arms...

Brewers show signs of life, but it comes too late.
April 21, 2005... Byline: Drew Olson HOUSTON _ The season isn't even three weeks old and already the Milwaukee Brewers are drawing their patience-challenged, success-starved fans into the timeless annual debate. Is the Brewers' glass half-empty,...

NFL and NASCAR on NBC? Something's got to give.
April 21, 2005... Byline: Dave Kallmann MILWAUKEE _ One interesting aspect to the announcement that NFL Sunday night broadcasts will move to NBC next year is how the switch could affect NASCAR. Only a week earlier, Homestead-Miami Speedway said it...

`The Good Wife': An ordinary woman endures against the odds.
April 20, 2005... Byline: Whitney Gould ``The Good Wife'' by Stewart O'Nan; Farrar, Straus and Giroux ($24) ___ Patty Dickerson's phone rings in the middle of the night. It's her husband, Tommy, saying he's in a little trouble. Trouble...

`A Slight Trick of the Mind': An aging Holmes need not have been called upon.
April 20, 2005... Byline: Jackie Loohauis ``A Slight Trick of the Mind'' by Mitch Cullin; Doubleday ($23.95) ___ In the old days, when Sherlock Holmes fell prey to melancholy, he found relief in the contents of the syringe contained in the neat...

Brewers continue to feel pinch.
April 20, 2005... Byline: Drew Olson HOUSTON _ With a running time of 2 hours 11 minutes, the Milwaukee Brewers' 6-1 loss to the Houston Astros registered as the sixth-fastest game in the history of Minute Maid Park and will likely go down as one of the...

Bolton's disqualifications.
April 19, 2005... The following editorial appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Tuesday, April 19: X X X It was apparent from the time he was nominated that John Bolton was a poor choice to head the U.S. delegation to the United Nations,...

Cal's Tedford criticized for creating `robotic' quarterbacks.
April 19, 2005... Byline: Bob McGinn GREEN BAY, Wis. _ There hasn't been an unmitigated bust at quarterback in the NFL draft since Akili Smith was the third overall selection by the Cincinnati Bengals in 1999. If the Detroit Lions give up on Joey...

Cardio Striptease is one really hot workout.
April 19, 2005... Byline: Vikki Ortiz CHICAGO _ The girls had been waiting, so when Antonio Coke arrived, he went straight to the corner of the aerobics studio, popped in a sultry CD and hurriedly pushed a large, square platform with a silver pole to the...

Girl power No. 1.
April 19, 2005... Byline: Vikki Ortiz When Lauren Catuzzi died on United Airlines Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001, she left behind the table of contents and first chapter of an inspirational book she had hoped to write for women. Not wanting to see such...

May the phone be with you.
April 19, 2005... Byline: Kathy Flanigan Some phones ring. Higher phone powers alert owners with the voice of C-3PO announcing: "I am fluent in over 6 million forms of communication." That would be a Cingular Wireless customer. Cingular partnered...

Dodgers overcome six-run deficit to beat Brewers.
April 19, 2005... Byline: Tom Haudricourt MILWAUKEE _ Beginning with their game Wednesday night in Houston, the Milwaukee Brewers have 149 games left on their 2005 schedule. They'll be hard-pressed over that extended period to suffer a loss more...

Mason set to transfer, end Marquette era.
April 19, 2005... Byline: Todd Rosiak MILWAUKEE _ Predicted by some to become the next great guard to come out of Marquette University, sophomore Dameon Mason instead pulled the plug on his up-and-down stay at the school Tuesday by announcing his...

Redd sits out loss for Bucks.
April 19, 2005... Byline: Charles F. Gardner MILWAUKEE _ Michael Redd sat on the Milwaukee Bucks' bench in a snappy tan suit Tuesday night, watching the regular season come to an inglorious end with another loss. One year earlier, the same Toronto...

Raptors blow out Bucks.
April 19, 2005... Byline: Tom Enlund MILWAUKEE _ The message was fairly simple from the coach to the players in the home locker room after the Milwaukee Bucks' 127-109 season-ending loss to the Toronto Raptors Tuesday night at the Bradley Center. "We...

Pats' success leads to new definition of ends.
April 19, 2005... Byline: Bob McGinn GREEN BAY, Wis. _ Wisconsin's Erasmus James, Louisiana State's Marcus Spears and Notre Dame's Justin Tuck best fit the prototype of a defensive end in the National Football League but personnel men now seem less apt to...

Packers appear ready to keep Kampman from Vikings.
April 19, 2005... Byline: Tom Silverstein The Green Bay Packers' interest in defensive end Aaron Kampman is so strong that they appear set not only to match the offer he received from the Minnesota Vikings but to renegotiate it and turn it into a...

Dinners plant seeds for variety of connections.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Karen Herzog MILWAUKEE _ You could plant a tree on Earth Day. Or, you could try something new and host an Earth dinner, asking guests to share favorite family dishes or dishes made with locally produced ingredients. The...

Touching shattered lives.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Dale Guldan MILWAUKEE _ When the world learned of the destruction left in the wake of the tsunami in South Asia, many cried for the dead and the living. Many donated money and goods. Some wished there was something more they...

The papal challenges.
April 18, 2005... The following editorial appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Monday, April 18: X X X The world is watching in fascination this week as Catholic cardinals in Rome go about the daunting task of electing a successor to one of...

Brewers' mess continues.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Tom Haudricourt MILWAUKEE _ If ever a baseball team were ripe to be no-hit, the Milwaukee Brewers fit the bill Monday night. The slumping Brewers avoided that indignity by finally breaking through against Los Angeles lefty...

St. Louis sweeps as Brewers' bats go silent.
April 17, 2005... Byline: Tom Haudricourt MILWAUKEE _ It's not unusual for a fantastic defensive play by an opponent to take some of the wind out of a team's sails. Apparently, the highlight-reel thievery by St. Louis centerfielder Jim Edmonds in the...

Numbers tell why quick response to strokes is vital.
April 17, 2005... Byline: John Fauber MIAMI BEACH, Fla. _ Ever since the early 1990s when brain clot-dissolving drugs first became available, doctors unsuccessfully have prodded stroke patients to get to the hospital as soon as symptoms appear. Now...

Brewers shut out by Cardinals.
April 15, 2005... Byline: Frank Clines MILWAUKEE _ Ben Sheets' life changed dramatically Friday, but not in the way that matters most to him as a competitor. The Milwaukee Brewers right-hander found that a four-year, $38.5 million contract doesn't...

Bucks blown away by Pistons.
April 15, 2005... Byline: Tom Enlund AUBURN HILLS, Mich. _ As if things aren't going badly enough for the Milwaukee Bucks in the twilight of a most disappointing season, guard Michael Redd has decided that it's probably time to shut it down for the season...

Baby boomers drive the motorcycle market.
April 14, 2005... Byline: Rick Barrett MILWAUKEE _ Ken and Jessica Sierszen are the kind of bikers the motorcycle industry just can't get too many of. He rides an American Iron Horse chopper. She rides a Buell motorcycle and completed a...

Teen's smooth, easy pitch brings Girl Scout fame.
April 14, 2005... Byline: Crocker Stephenson Sarah Stevens-Freuck, who is 13 and lives with her brother and mom in Glendale, Wis., has braces (for the second time), very large brown eyes and a low-key approach to selling Girl Scout cookies. Imagine...

Mortgage scams cost Americans tens of millions of dollars each year.
April 14, 2005... Byline: Michele Derus MILWAUKEE _ America's booming mortgage industry has proven ripe for criminal pickings. Cases of mortgage fraud are mounting. The financial toll is reaching "tens of millions of dollars each year," though...

Racing Roundup.
April 14, 2005... Byline: Dave Kallmann MILWAUKEE _ Regardless of whether State Fair Park retains control of the Milwaukee Mile or contracts with an outside vendor, a change in track management is forthcoming. Mark Perrone, the Mile's general manager...

Golfers' yips may be neurological disorders, research suggests.
April 14, 2005... Byline: John Fauber MIAMI BEACH, Fla. _ The yips _ the annoying inability to make short putts _ long has been the curse of untold numbers of middle-aged golfers trying to lower their handicap. For years, the affliction often had been...

Overbay, Lee team up to lead Brewers.
April 13, 2005... Byline: Tom Haudricourt MILWAUKEE _ As Lyle Overbay walked to the plate with orders to bunt two runners into scoring position in the bottom of the eighth inning Wednesday, teammate Carlos Lee whispered some advice. "I told Overbay,...

Bucks can't handle Celtics' shooting game.
April 13, 2005... Byline: Tom Enlund MILWAUKEE _ The Milwaukee Bucks are 78 games into the National Basketball Association's regular season and apparently they still haven't caught the drift. The Bucks still haven't caught on that playing the kind of...

Favre's popularity means more national TV dates for Packers.
April 13, 2005... Byline: Tom Silverstein MILWAUKEE _ As long as Brett Favre keeps coming back, the television networks intend to capitalize on his popularity and make him and the Green Bay Packers the most visible commodity in the National Football...

Study finds link between ibuprofen use, lower risk of Parkinson's.
April 13, 2005... Byline: John Fauber MIAMI BEACH, Fla. _ Regular ibuprofen users had a substantially lower risk of developing Parkinson's disease, according to a new study. The study, which followed 147,000 people for nearly nine years, showed that...

Parkinson's risk greater in women who have had ovaries removed, Mayo Clinic says.
April 13, 2005... Byline: John Fauber MIAMI BEACH, Fla. _ Women who had their ovaries removed were twice as likely to later develop Parkinson's disease, according to new research. Mayo Clinic researchers said the increased risk may be the result of...

Wisconsin unlikely to legalize killing feral cats, governor says.
April 13, 2005... Byline: Meg Jones and Steven Walters MILWAUKEE _ Despite the wishes of some residents who voted this week to legalize the shooting of stray cats, Wisconsin felines can rest easy since both the governor and natural resources secretary said...

Brewers come up short vs. Bucs.
April 12, 2005... Byline: Drew Olson MILWAUKEE _ Russell Branyan, who will be known for at least a few more hours as the home-run hero of Milwaukee's home opener, was not in the starting lineup for the second game of a series against Pittsburgh on Tuesday...

Porter looks for Bucks to turn corner next season.
April 12, 2005... Byline: Charles F. Gardner WASHINGTON _ Terry Porter has heard the talk. On the Internet, in the media and in most NBA cities, there has been plenty of speculation that Porter's days as coach of the Milwaukee Bucks are near an end....

Kohl should get players . . . keep the coach.
April 12, 2005... Byline: Dale Hofmann MILWAUKEE _ When the Milwaukee Bucks sent Keith Van Horn and Mike James away in February to improve their future, they didn't say anything about putting Terry Porter in their past. Now there's talk that it might come...

Packers await decision on defensive end.
April 12, 2005... Byline: Tom Silverstein The Green Bay Packers should know Wednesday whether restricted free agent defensive end Aaron Kampman signs an offer sheet and puts them in the position of having to decide whether to match the offer or let their...

Study: Human plasma boosts mental skills in Alzheimer's patients.
April 12, 2005... Byline: John Fauber MIAMI BEACH, Fla. _ The mental skills of a small group of Alzheimer's patients improved after antibodies derived from human plasma were infused directly into their blood, according to a promising new study. The...

Statins improve outcomes of stroke victims, study finds.
April 12, 2005... Byline: John Fauber MIAMI BEACH, Fla. _ Patients who were on statin drugs before and after having a stroke were substantially more likely to survive as well as avoid being sent to a nursing home, according to a new study. Earlier...

More progress in Iraq.
April 11, 2005... The following editorial appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Friday, April 8: X X X The political development of the new Iraq took another major step forward last week when the country's major parties ended a dangerous and...

Decay, money troubles threaten Wright's legacy at Taliesin.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Whitney Gould MILWAUKEE _ All along the 120 or so miles of highways and byways between Milwaukee and Spring Green, Wis., the home of Frank Lloyd Wright's sprawling Taliesin complex, you can see evidence of the master builder's...