http://www.milwaukeemagazine.com/sportsnut/default.asp The Sports Nut by Howie Magner en-us Copyright 2008 Milwaukee Magazine. All Rights Reserved. Mon, 5 May 2008 14:00:01 GMT 60 http://www.milwaukeemagazine.com/sportsnut/default.asp?newmessageid=20505&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sportsnut_rss Sometimes I think you’re not a true Milwaukee Brewers fan until that subscription to Pessimism Weekly starts. Case in point: The Yovani Gallardo saga. When Gallardo’s right leg did its Gumby imitation at Wrigley Field Thursday, I shared his pain. ... 5/5/2008 http://www.milwaukeemagazine.com/sportsnut/default.asp?newmessageid=20382&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sportsnut_rss ... 4/28/2008 http://www.milwaukeemagazine.com/sportsnut/default.asp?newmessageid=20272&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sportsnut_rss Gritty Gutty Scottie Skiles. That’s how I know him, because that’s what Dan Patrick always called him on SportsCenter. This was long ago, back before ESPN turned the nation’s best highlight show into Cross-Marketing Daily and Patrick became Jared Lite ... 4/21/2008 http://www.milwaukeemagazine.com/sportsnut/default.asp?newmessageid=20163&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sportsnut_rss Like you, I don’t know much about new Milwaukee Bucks general manager John Hammond, other than the obvious. We know he doesn’t scare easily. If he did, he never would’ve accepted the job, $8 million contract aside. We know he comes from a winning organization. ... 4/14/2008 http://www.milwaukeemagazine.com/sportsnut/default.asp?newmessageid=20006&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sportsnut_rss What a stunning development at Marquette that will no doubt affect the basketball program for years to come. I’m talking, of course, about coach Terri Mitchell’s women’s squad winning the WNIT. What, you thought this was about Crean? Fine, we’ll ... 4/7/2008 http://www.milwaukeemagazine.com/sportsnut/default.asp?newmessageid=19865&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sportsnut_rss The best news to come out of Spring Training? For cows, it’s Prince Fielder’s conversion to veggie burgers. For New York sportswriters, it’s the mouth of Hank Steinbrenner. But for the Milwaukee Brewers, it’s <A href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/specials/spring_training/2008/previews/" ... 3/31/2008 http://www.milwaukeemagazine.com/sportsnut/default.asp?newmessageid=19704&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sportsnut_rss We interrupt your anticipation of Opening Day, the Final Four and Mabel from Accounting cashing in her winning bracket for the following public service announcement. The Milwaukee Bucks have found a way to recapture the front page. If only it didn’t ... 3/24/2008 http://www.milwaukeemagazine.com/sportsnut/default.asp?newmessageid=19603&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sportsnut_rss Here’s the thing. I haven’t won an NCAA office pool since they were still held in offices. And now that 50 million people match wits and picks on every Web site from ESPN to Yahoo to John McCain for President, my odds haven’t exactly improved. ... 3/17/2008 http://www.milwaukeemagazine.com/sportsnut/default.asp?newmessageid=19477&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sportsnut_rss Maybe ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio is just mad that FOX's Jay Glazer beat him to the Brett Favre retirement scoop. Or maybe Paolantonio’s just ticked that he’s spent so much time in Philadelphia. Whatever the reason, it seems that booing Santa Claus isn’t ... 3/10/2008