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

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

Putting meatballs in play.
January 31, 2005... Byline: KAREN HERZOG MILWAUKEE _ Every Super Bowl party needs a game plan, and this year, it's meatballs. We asked readers for their favorite meatball recipes that were worthy of a spot on a Super Bowl buffet or party spread....

With vanilla, quality takes patience.
January 31, 2005... Byline: Karen Herzog Like fine wine, vanilla must age before it can be sold. It takes up to three years after a vanilla-producing orchid vine is planted before the first pale yellowish-green flowers even appear, then another 1 {...

There's nothing plain and simple about this bean.
January 31, 2005... Byline: Karen Herzog Vanilla. This subtly sweet flavoring derived from an exotic orchid is the most labor-intensive agricultural crop in the world. And to think some people consider vanilla to be plain and boring - the least...

Reid hopes his words ring true.
January 31, 2005... Byline: Dale Hofmann JACKSONVILLE, Fla. _ With no place for it on his face, Andy Reid wore inspiration on his finger Monday. Pennsylvania's leading sourpuss doesn't seem like the jewelry type, but he was pleased to model the Super...

To Staten Island via Wisconsin: New York puts Wisconsin-built ferry into service.
January 30, 2005... Byline: Dan Egan NEW YORK _ New York Harbor is perhaps the world's most recognizable body of water, but the nation's biggest city has had some outside help with the waterway's signature features. New Yorkers can thank France, for...

Researchers create human motor neurons.
January 30, 2005... Byline: John Fauber MILWAUKEE _ Using their own line of embryonic stem cells, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have become the first to make human motor neurons, the spindly nerve cells that control nearly all movement...

Basketball fills a Bennett family album.
January 30, 2005... Byline: Jeff Potrykus MILWAUKEE _ The snapshots of father and son, joined by their love for basketball and for each other, working side by side in basketball arenas from coast to coast, might never fade from the Bennett family album. ...

No James, no problem as Cavs rally past Bucs.
January 30, 2005... Byline: Tom Enlund CLEVELAND _ The Milwaukee Bucks may be excused for thinking that they might have passed this way before. Because they have. Less than 48 hours earlier, the Denver Nuggets outscored the Bucks to start the...

Packers fans have reasons to cheer for Eagles.
January 30, 2005... Byline: Dale Hoffman MILWAUKEE _ Freddie Mitchell made the most outrageous statement of the National Football League playoffs two weeks ago, and only seven days remain for rest of the league to catch up. ``I want to thank my hands for...

Baseball owners run the risk of striking out.
January 29, 2005... Byline: Tom Haudricourt MILWAUKEE _ Much like overzealous Christmas shoppers who max out their credit cards in a flurry of impulse purchases, some baseball owners could become victims of buyer's remorse after a winter of giddy spending...

Marquette makes nice recovery in double-OT game.
January 29, 2005... Byline: Todd Rosniak ST. LOUIS _ The Marquette Golden Eagles got back on track Saturday afternoon at the Savvis Center by pulling out a 55-51 double-overtime victory over rival Saint Louis, but the joy was tempered somewhat by the...

Wisconsin bounces back to rout Penn State.
January 29, 2005... Byline: Mark Stewart STATE COLLEGE, Pa. _ The Penn State faithful let Sharif Chambliss have it Saturday night. But instead of booing the Nittany Lion-turned-Wisconsin Badger every time he touched the ball, maybe the fans in Penn...

Bucks coach suffering sophomore slump.
January 29, 2005... Byline: Charles Gardner MILWAUKEE _ Everything went so smoothly for rookie coach Terry Porter one year ago. Picked to be one of the worst teams in the National Basketball Association, the Milwaukee Bucks instead found an uncommon...

Interim tag makes every game a test.
January 29, 2005... Byline: Tom Enlund MILWAUKEE _ In an ideal world, any brave soul who takes on an interim head coaching position in the NBA would have time on his side. But that is not always the case. Denver assistant Michael Cooper, who took...

Media make big stink over Super Bowl.
January 29, 2005... Byline: Michael Hunt MILWAUKEE _ Kind of like barroom louts beaten into submission and tossed into public view, the first real pieces of Super Bowl hype have yet to be Vienna-sausage processed for the world's queasy digestive system. ...

Wisconsin prisoner sues for right to sex change.
January 28, 2005... Byline: Gina Barton MILWAUKEE _ A Wisconsin inmate who has developed female characteristics as a result of state-paid hormone therapy is suing prison officials for not completing the sex change process. The suit is pending in federal...

Israeli Marquette player gets advice from countryman on Saint Louis.
January 28, 2005... Byline: Todd Rosiak ST. LOUIS _ Struggling to make the transition to a new country both on and off the court, Marquette Golden Eagles freshman Niv Berkowitz need look no farther than down the Savvis Center court Friday afternoon to find...

Badgers' backbone a former walk-on.
January 28, 2005... Byline: Mark Stewart MADISON, Wis. _ Earlier this month, Michael Flowers shared the vision he has for himself as a University of Wisconsin basketball player and spoke of a hustling dynamo who would play with little regard for statistics...

Karl's honeymoon won't last forever in Denver.
January 28, 2005... Byline: Michael Hunt MILWAUKEE _ With the luxury of being home Thursday night, George Karl slept like a baby. He was up at 2, 3 and then 4 a.m., fitfully anticipating what it would be like to coach an NBA game, restlessly wondering how...

Fourth-quarter collapse sinks Bucks.
January 28, 2005... Byline: Tom Enlund MILWAUKEE _ As far as fourth-quarter meltdowns go, this one was off the charts. The Denver Nuggets outscored the Milwaukee Bucks, 24-4, to start the fourth quarter, totally reversing the momentum of the game, and...

Bennett joins Packers coaching ranks.
January 28, 2005... Byline: Bob McGinn GREEN BAY, Wis. _ Resourceful and tenacious as a player, Edgar Bennett promises to be the same way as a coach after being reassigned from the front office to running backs Friday by coach Mike Sherman. "I'm no...

Packers' receivers coach takes post with Titans.
January 28, 2005... Byline: Bob McGinn GREEN BAY _ Wide receivers coach Ray Sherman has left the Green Bay Packers to take the same job with the Tennessee Titans and his decision had nothing to do with his family. Sherman agreed late Thursday night to a...

Tuberculosis stalls effort to resettle Hmong.
January 28, 2005... Byline: Georgia Pabst MILWAUKEE _ The resettlement of thousands of Hmong refugees from Thailand has been temporarily halted because tuberculosis has been diagnosed among some refugees in the United States and at the camp, the U.S. State...

O my! Oprah reflects Carson at his best.
January 28, 2005... Byline: Joanne Weintraub Normally, this column is about the immediate future: what's a must to watch in the coming week, what you might find interesting and what, if you get suckered into watching it, will make you wish you had those 30...

With expanding consumer choices, home-sale commissions fall.
January 27, 2005... Byline: Michele Derus MILWAUKEE _ It's the $60 billion question: Can consumers force the residential realty industry to be cheaper, faster and more transparent? They sure can _ and they've already begun, several experts say. ...

Movie showcases Carson's favorite gag.
January 27, 2005... Byline: Duane Dudek PARK CITY, Utah _ Did Johnny Carson know the dirtiest joke in the world? "It was his favorite joke," said comedian, magician and filmmaker Penn Jillette, who made a film about the joke with comedian Paul...

George Karl apparently is still Crazy George.
January 27, 2005... Byline: Dale Hofmann MILWAUKEE _ To hear George Karl tell it, the Denver Nuggets saved his sanity. Talk about your major rescue operations. The Nuggets' new coach sounded a lot like the Milwaukee Bucks' old coach Thursday, which...

Karl officially named Nuggets' newest coach.
January 27, 2005... Byline: Charles F. Gardner MILWAUKEE _ George Karl was pacing the floor at his River Hills home, bored with his forced labor as an ESPN analyst. He had not been part of a basketball team for 18 months, the first time that had happened to...

Wallace-Newman conflict won't affect racing team.
January 27, 2005... Byline: Dave Kallmann MILWAUKEE _ So Rusty Wallace and Ryan Newman have talked about getting together to talk. How's that for progress? The Penske Racing Nextel Cup Series teammates have been on the outs since last year, and not...

Obese people move around a lot less than thin people, study finds.
January 27, 2005... Byline: John Fauber MILWAUKEE _ After electronically monitoring the every movement of a group of self-described couch potatoes around the clock for days, scientists came to this conclusion: Obese people spend a lot more time sitting than...

`The Lost German Slave Girl' unravels a mystery of Old South.
January 26, 2005... Byline: Mary-Liz Shaw ``The Lost German Slave Girl'' by John Bailey; Atlantic Monthly Press ($24) ___ John Bailey was mulling over Louisiana's dusty legal volumes with the aim of writing a modest history of antebellum slave laws...

Small size big at electronics show.
January 26, 2005... Byline: Stanley Miller II LAS VEGAS _ The artists who design our high-tech toys are making the next generation of gadgets smaller, lighter, with more storage capacity and better battery life. There might not have been "one big thing"...

Abuse, death row, genocide stories told in TV movies.
January 26, 2005... Byline: Joanne Weintraub LOS ANGELES _ Kerry Max Cook, Olan Horne, Bernie McDaid and Madeleine Mukamabano are all participants in a different kind of reality television. They're not "Survivor" contestants or "Extreme Makeover"...

Karl reportedly will be named Nuggets' newest coach.
January 26, 2005... Byline: Charles F. Gardner MILWAUKEE _ George Karl, who coached the Milwaukee Bucks for five seasons before being fired in 2003, will return to the NBA sidelines as coach of the Denver Nuggets, according to two Milwaukee Journal Sentinel...

Suns' balance makes major difference as Bucks lose.
January 26, 2005... Byline: Tom Enlund MILWAUKEE _ The Milwaukee Bucks discovered one thing the hard way Wednesday night in their 121-115 loss to the high-powered Phoenix Suns at the Bradley Center. It's not advisable to fall behind the Suns early...

NASCAR still has good ol' boys on the circuit.
January 26, 2005... Byline: Dave Kallmann MOORESVILLE, N.C. _ The reminders have been constant. Rusty Wallace, 48, announces that 2004 will be his final season of driving a race car. Bill Elliott, 49, walks around with a big smile, talking of how...

New hire Bates shouldn't be considered threat to Sherman's job.
January 26, 2005... Byline: Michael Hunt MILWAUKEE _ So if you're Mike Sherman, are you really looking over your shoulder now? In Jim Bates, the Green Bay Packers have hired an A-list defensive coordinator, an established pro who will regain the respect...

Lambeau makes leap into new markets.
January 26, 2005... Byline: Don Walker MILWAUKEE _ The Green Bay Packers and representatives of nine other National Football League stadiums announced Wednesday the creation of Gridiron Stadium Network, an advocacy organization dedicated to attracting...

No military solution to Iran.
January 25, 2005... The following editorial appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Monday, Jan. 24: X X X Now and then, the possibility of a U.S. military strike against Iran is set forth as a way to stop Iran from supporting terrorist groups...

Oprah Winfrey goes behind the camera again.
January 25, 2005... Byline: Joanne Weintraub LOS ANGELES _ With typical restraint, Oprah Winfrey explained why she had chosen to make a TV movie of Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God." "I love, love, love this book," Winfrey told critics...

Wisconsin's home win streak ended by No. 1 Illinois.
January 25, 2005... Byline: Mark Stewart MADISON, Wis. _ The University of Wisconsin fans, as faithful and true as they come, could no longer bear to watch. During a timeout with 59.6 seconds left, they slowly starting filling out of the Kohl Center....

Reggie White's racing vision lives on in NASCAR.
January 25, 2005... Byline: Dave Kallmann HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. _ Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs went back to being Joe Gibbs the racing team owner again for a day, but both sports were clearly on his mind Tuesday. Addressing the NASCAR Nextel Media...

Experts reluctant to endorse health benefits of alcohol.
January 24, 2005... Byline: John Fauber MILWAUKEE _ Even before America was a nation, doctors believed that alcohol might be good for the heart. "Spiritous cordials," noted a medical report in 1772, could relieve chest pain. Since then, dozens of...

Late-night movies get an early measure of acceptance at Sundance.
January 24, 2005... Byline: Duane Dudek PARK CITY, Utah _ Beneath a snow-covered camouflage of white, Utah is a red state with a blue streak, known as the Sundance Film Festival, running through it. Electorally, the state swung hard for President Bush,...

Colleagues find many memories of Jerry Orbach bittersweet.
January 24, 2005... Byline: Joanne Weintraub LOS ANGELES _ The first time Bebe Neuwirth saw Jerry Orbach was about 30 years ago, when she was a young Broadway fan and he had the lead in "Chicago." One of the last times, she recalled Friday during the TV...

Kohl is home to Badgers in their golden age.
January 24, 2005... Byline: Michael Hunt MILWAUKEE _ Upon entering the UW Field House for the first time in 1990, I was immediately struck by the medieval qualities of a building that had no serviceable purpose near the end of the 20th century. If Noah had...

Badgers await top-ranked Illini.
January 24, 2005... Byline: Mark Stewart MADISON, Wis. _ Thousands of fans cheered Wisconsin to a come-from-behind victory over Michigan State last week at the Kohl Center. Deron Williams was with them in spirit. The mere thought of the Spartans...

Brewers manage to create curiosity.
January 23, 2005... Byline: Dale Hofmann MILWAUKEE _ You have to hope it's not an omen when the Milwaukee Brewers' fan festival is snowed out. They saw a home owner postponed once, but they've usually waited until April for something bad to happen. This...

Bucks look to build on success vs. Pistons, Knicks.
January 23, 2005... Byline: Tom Enlund NEW YORK _ As encouraged as the Milwaukee Bucks are about their play in their last two games, they are realistic enough to know that they have passed down this road before this season. The Bucks' 101-96 victory...

No. 25 Marquette falls to Charlotte.
January 22, 2005... Byline: Todd Rosiak MILWAUKEE _ Until the Marquette Golden Eagles cure what ails them, things are likely to get worse before they get better. The latest misstep in a disappointing downturn for MU occurred Saturday afternoon at the...

Season slipping away from Marquette.
January 22, 2005... Byline: Dale Hofmann MILWAUKEE _ Marquette's basketball team is trying to find itself these days, and the NCAA tournament field might be a bad place to look. The Golden Eagles are in danger of becoming the Minnesota Vikings unless...

Wisconsin overpowers Michigan.
January 22, 2005... Byline: Mark Stewart ANN ARBOR, Mich. _ When the game was over, there was little mention of the nine shots Michigan blocked Saturday afternoon, but the statistic spoke volumes to the mind-set Wisconsin took into Crisler Arena. The...

Injured Buck leaves team to stay with family.
January 22, 2005... Byline: Tom Enlund NEW YORK _ After having his season officially shut down by the Milwaukee Bucks and his doctors, injured point guard T.J. Ford has left the team to return to Texas to spend time with his family. The decision for...

Rare bird: Eagles' eyes will be on Falcons' Vick.
January 22, 2005... Byline: Bob McGinn PHILADELPHIA _ The 65,358 souls who watched what happened in January 2003 at Lambeau Field know it could happen again Sunday afternoon at Lincoln Financial Field. Michael Vick was perfectly capable of handing the...

Steelers hope to stay in running.
January 22, 2005... Byline: Tom Silverstein MILWAUKEE _ From top to bottom, the New England Patriots are the most complete football team in the National Football League and there are few who are brave enough to dispute it. Nevertheless, on Sunday in the...

Passion for trucks turns former driver into a shutterbug.
January 21, 2005... Byline: Rick Romell MILWAUKEE _ Some men can't get enough golf. Some chase women. Bill Bedell likes trucks. He rode in his first rig when he was 4. He still remembers it _ a red GMC his father was shuttling around Minneapolis. It was...

Gaudy no longer baseball fashion.
January 21, 2005... Byline: Michael Hunt Along with the $119 million Carlos Beltran will receive until 2018, the New York Mets will also provide their new centerfielder with a hotel suite for all road games and a Shea Stadium luxury box, the latter perk...

Marquette's Diener never tires of finishing on top.
January 21, 2005... Byline: Skip Myslenski (ARCHIVE PHOTOS)(EDITORS: Updates record after Thursday's game) MILWAUKEE _ Can't stand losing now, couldn't stand losing then, not even as a kid growing up in Fond du Lac, Wis. That must be understood about...

Homework during summer vacation prompts lawsuit.
January 21, 2005... Byline: Jamaal Abdul-Alim MILWAUKEE _ In an effort to teach educators a lesson about the importance of summer vacation, a Whitnall High School student and his father have filed a lawsuit against the boy's math teacher that seeks to bar...

Pain-free, Brewers' Sheets expects no letdown.
January 21, 2005... Byline: Tom Haudricourt MILWAUKEE _ Reminded that pitchers and catchers report to the Milwaukee Brewers' spring training camp in exactly one month, Ben Sheets did not waver with his reply Friday evening. "I'll be ready," he said. ...

Wisconsin's road to Illinois goes through Michigan.
January 21, 2005... Byline: Mark Stewart MADISON, Wis. _ Just four days before Wisconsin's next Game of the Century and, as usual, the excitement has yet to reach Bo Ryan. Hype? Concern is the better word, and it's not for top-ranked Illinois. ...

Bucks' victory over Pistons a major shot in the arm.
January 21, 2005... Byline: Tom Enlund MILWAUKEE _ When the dust had finally settled on the Milwaukee Bucks' down-to-the-wire, 89-86 victory over the defending champion Detroit Pistons on Friday night at the Bradley Center, it was easy to draw one...

High school sports way out of whack.
January 20, 2005... Byline: Dale Hofmann MILWAUKEE _ In another sterling example of your tax dollars at work, 17 football players announce their choice of colleges at a nationally televised high school all-star game in San Antonio paid for by the United...

Packers could have been a contender.
January 20, 2005... Byline: Dale Hoffman MILWAUKEE _ Sunday's forecast for Pennsylvania reminds us that it's possible to have Packers weather without the Green Bay Packers, and the same goes for the later rounds of the National Football League playoffs. ...

Packers secondary coach gets the pink slip.
January 20, 2005... Byline: Bob McGinn GREEN BAY, Wis. _ Coach Mike Sherman made one change Thursday on his defensive coaching staff but it didn't involve coordinator Bob Slowik. Instead, secondary coach Kurt Schottenheimer was fired by Sherman, a...

Curler suspended for refusing to take drug test.
January 20, 2005... Byline: Don Walker MILWAUKEE _ A Madison, Wis., curler has been given a two-year suspension in his sport for refusing to take part in a U.S. Anti-Doping Agency out-of-competition drug test. Mitchell Marks, 22, was suspended from all...

Marquette's Diener never tires of finishing on top.
January 20, 2005... Byline: Skip Myslenski MILWAUKEE _ Can't stand losing now, couldn't stand losing then, not even as a kid growing up in Fond du Lac, Wis. That must be understood about Travis Diener, Marquette's senior point guard. He would fight his...

Top-35 plan adds complications to Daytona 500.
January 20, 2005... Byline: Dave Kallmann MILWAUKEE _ Now we see why NASCAR officials said last week they'd need time to iron out the details of how their new qualifying procedures would translate to the Daytona 500. At first glance, the plan announced...

When information gets in way.
January 19, 2005... Byline: Marybeth Jacobson ``Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking'' by Malcolm Gladwell; Little, Brown ($25.95) ___ Too much information can be a burden, as anyone who's waded through a seemingly endless list of e-mails...

PlayStation Portable may be racing to success.
January 19, 2005... Byline: Stanley Miller II LAS VEGAS _ I've seen the future of mobile entertainment, and it's the PlayStation Portable. When Sony said it was going to challenge Nintendo in the portable gaming market last year, analysts were guarded...

Upbeat, offbeat, Ferguson can detour to the unexpected.
January 19, 2005... Byline: Joanne Weintraub LOS ANGELES _ With the affected accent of an upper-class English twit, he played Nigel Wick, the irritating boss on "The Drew Carey Show." But it's his natural Scottish burr, thick as shortbread and strong...

Popular sports fish makes comeback in Milwaukee River.
January 19, 2005... Byline: Lee Bergquist MILWAUKEE _ The walleye, one of Wisconsin's most popular game fish, is struggling to regain a toehold in the Milwaukee River. Once abundant, the fish was wiped out by dams, development and decades of pollution....

Bucks can't win one for the road.
January 19, 2005... Byline: Tom Enlund EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. _ The game was there for the taking for the Milwaukee Bucks. But the Bucks, who were their own worst enemies at times, were not up to the task and lost to the New Jersey Nets, 96-90, Wednesday...

Let sleeping ANWR lie.
January 18, 2005... The following editorial appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Monday, Jan. 17: X X X Proponents of opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling are expected to make another push in Congress in the coming...

Learning a lesson of consistency; test scores are up in Boston, but some find district's approach to school reform a tight fit.
January 18, 2005... Byline: Sarah Carr BOSTON _ When Thomas Payzant took over as superintendent of Boston Public Schools in 1995, he worried that some students were lucky enough to attend the "star schools," where the best teachers educated poor children...

Stop, look, listen: TV technology floods fans with new gimmicks.
January 18, 2005... Byline: Don Walker In television sports, the game is still the thing. The swing of the bat in the bottom of the ninth; the collision between running back and lineman on a fourth-and-1 play; and the clear-out for the shooting guard...

International battle of the bands expands number of U.S. cities.
January 18, 2005... Byline: Gemma Tarlach MILWAUKEE _ This is not your high school battle of the bands. The international Emergenza Festival, making its Milwaukee debut Thursday, is a multimillion-dollar affair, giving more than 6,000 bands on two...

Cameron shy: But Diaz invites MTV along.
January 17, 2005... Byline: Joanne Weintraub LOS ANGELES _ "I hate cameras," Cameron Diaz complained to TV critics. "You know, you don't really want to be followed around by cameras all the time." Well, who does? But what's a girl to do when she wants...

New Packers GM sees other side of trades.
January 17, 2005... Byline: Tom Silverstein GREEN BAY, Wis. _ Little did he know it at the time, but Ted Thompson was squirreling away talent for the future when he made a draft day trade with the Green Bay Packers in 2002. Almost three years after the...

This `Point' is not always pleasant.
January 17, 2005... Byline: Joanne Weintraub Point Pleasant, N.J., is one of those safe, serene, slightly smug seaside towns that's just begging for something evil to wash up on its shores. Cue the stormy effects and the spooky music. Enter Christina...

Brewers sign veteran reliever Bottalico.
January 17, 2005... Byline: Tom Haudricourt MILWAUKEE _ Milwaukee Brewers general manager Doug Melvin isn't sure who his closer will be during the 2005 season but he added another candidate to the mix Monday. Melvin reached agreement with veteran...

Bucks break skid at expansion Bobcats.
January 17, 2005... Byline: Tom Enlund CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ The Milwaukee Bucks breathed a long sigh of relief Monday afternoon after their 99-92 victory over the expansion Charlotte Bobcats at the Charlotte Coliseum. The Bucks, who snapped a four-game...

Sherman unlikely to make waves in Green Bay.
January 17, 2005... Byline: Michael Hunt GREEN BAY, Wis. _ Privately stung yet publicly resolute in his diminished role, Mike Sherman says he wants to coach the Green Bay Packers next season and beyond. But unlike the state's only remaining all-powerful...

Sherman reflects on reduced role with Packers.
January 17, 2005... Byline: Bob McGinn GREEN BAY, Wis. _ Declaring the loss of his general manager's position as ``an opportunity, not an obstacle,'' Mike Sherman has accepted the verdict of team President Bob Harlan and will return for a sixth season as...