Less than two hours after the Badgers drubbing at the hands of the Iowa Hawkeyes, the Wisconsin Alumni Association sent this email promoting bowl packages.
The football Badgers just finished a first-class season!
And while a bowl destination is still up in the air, one thing’s for sure: the Wisconsin Alumni Association will take you there!
As the UW’s official tour carrier, only the Wisconsin Alumni Association can promise:…….
There’s plenty to discuss in yesterday’s big loss in Lansing. Google News Michael Hunt State News (MSU’s Student Paper) Badger Herald Daily Cardinal Teddy Greinstein Dave Dye
Check out these great photos!
Sunday’s all important Packers Redskins game (at least from an electoral perspective) generated a great deal of commentary around the internet. Check out these links: Michael Wilbon Mark Schlabach AP Snopes
UW vs. Ohio State Scoring Clips:
I’ve rented a variety of cars recently. Car magazine does a nice job of rating autos using their “Good, Bad & Ugly” approach. Here goes:
Mazda6. Excellent handling, mileage, four cylinder engine overworked, turning radius not great (reminds me of the soon to be retired Taurus’s poor turning)
Toyota Camry Machine like, excellent quality, could use some style.
Nissan Altima Points for some style, decent handling, V-6 reasonably fun
2004 Toyota Avalon Terrible handling… difficult to read dashboard
2004 Ford Mustang. I assume the 2005 will be much, much better
Ford Expedition Hard to see the point, very big, poor mileage, essentially a very expensive pickup truck.
Tom Haudricourt and Don Walker:
Attanasio not playing to lose
Ex-partner thinks he’ll increase payroll
???
The article contained not one word from the new owner, former Drexel Burnham Lambert employee and Global Crossing Director Mark Attanasio.
Michael Hunt is a bit more suspicous….
Keep in mind that the Milwuaukee Journal-Sentinel was a major partisan cheerleader during the Miller Park fiasco……
Finally, I take a look at my web site activity logs periodically. This deal could have been called for Attanasio some time ago, based on the inbound searches/visits with arguments such as “Brewers and Attanasio” from the likes of Salomon, Inc., Cowen & Company, SAC Capital Advisors and other financial firms. Anyone interested in the those who play on Wall Street should read Michael Lewis’s classic primer: Liar’s poker.
Dale Buss explains how the Packers have thrived, despite their small market.
For the past two years, the Packers have ranked 10th out of the league’s 32 clubs in overall revenue, up 10 spots from 2001. After a $295 million expansion and renovation completed last year, Lambeau has become a lucrative year-round attraction. And the Packers’ cash kitty now exceeds $84 million, seemingly on the way to a $107 million goal that would give it a year’s operating costs in reserve.
The NFL’s financial structure, which distributes TV and licensing revenue evenly to all teams, has created a level playing field for the Packers. Fans snap up every ticket to home games, and the waiting list for a Lambeau Field season pass is still more than 63,000 names long for a 72,500-seat stadium. More than 105,000 Packer backers responded when the team sold nonvoting shares for $200 apiece in the late ’90s. “When we play on Sundays, the people in the stands aren’t just fans, but shareholders,” says Robert Harlan, a 33-year team executive who has been president since 1989.
A Los Angeles-based investor has emerged as a potential new owner of the Milwaukee Brewers, bringing to three the number of individuals or groups seriously looking at buying the team.
Two sources with knowledge of the sale said Mark L. Attanasio, a partner in the investment firm Trust Company of the West, is looking at making a bid for the team.
Attanasio is an ex-Drexel Burnham Lambert banker (Michael Milken’s firm). He was also on the board of Global Crossing.
The Brewers are a tough deal all around. It will be interesting to see if these folks can make money (if a deal happens).
A final word: despite many misgivings about the Seligs (particularily the entire Miller Park unpleasantness), there would be no major league baseball in Milwaukee without Bud.
Mayor Dave talks about the City’s Swimming Pool Plans (Real Video).
