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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – The Green Bay Packers’ decision to shuffle their offensive line was based on the need to protect the team’s most important asset in quarterback Aaron Rodgers.  After doing postseason evaluations of schemes and players and ranking each player on the roster, coach Mike McCarthy and his staff determined that Bryan Bulaga More >

MILWAUKEE (AP) – Organizers of a childhood cancer charity say Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has committed to them like few other athletes have.  Rodgers has helped the Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer Inc., or the MACC Fund, generate $725,000 in net proceeds since 2010. A fundraising dinner Tuesday is expected to increase the total More >

CINCINNATI (AP) – Don Lutz hit his first career home run, a three-run drive in the second inning that led the Cincinnati Reds over the Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 Sunday for a three-game sweep.   Lutz homered off Wily Peralta (3-3), and pinch-hitter Xavier Paul homered in the seventh, sending Milwaukee to its fourth straight loss and ninth More >

CINCINNATI (AP) – The struggling Milwaukee Brewers head to Cincinnati to begin a three-game series with the Reds tonight. The Brewers enter the game having lost six of their last seven games. The Reds are coming off a 7-2 loss against Atlanta on Wednesday.

MILWAUKEE (AP) – Derek Holland allowed one run over seven shaky innings and the Texas Rangers benefited from two Milwaukee baserunning blunders to beat the Brewers 4-1 Wednesday night.   Holland (3-2), who struck out six and walked none, yielded 10 hits – including two in the second, three in the third and three in the More >

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – Green Bay Packers’ quarterback Aaron Rodgers is making his prime-time television acting debut.  He’ll be on the “The Office” Thursday night on NBC, where No. 12 will play a judge for a singing competition.  Rodgers has expressed interest in hosting “Saturday Night Live” on his weekly radio show, but so far that More >

NEW YORK (AP) – Heisman Trophy winners Danny Wuerffel of Florida and Ron Dayne of Wisconsin, along with two-time national champion Tommie Frazier of Nebraska, have been selected for induction to the College Football Hall of Fame.  They are part of a class of 12 players and two coaches chosen by the National Football Foundation and More >

MILWAUKEE (AP) – Yuniesky Betancourt’s eighth homer of the season capped a five-run first inning Tuesday night and the Milwaukee Brewers snapped a season-high five-game losing streak with a 6-3 victory over the Texas Rangers.  Aramis Ramirez also homered for the first time this year and NL batting leader Carlos Gomez added a two-run double More >

MILWAUKEE (AP) – Yuniesky Betancourt has been a pleasant surprise for the Milwaukee Brewers so far this season.  Acquired in December 2010 as part of the Zack Greinke trade, Betancourt was almost universally reviled and his free-swinging ways did little to change any first impressions. The team parted ways with him after last season, but brought More >