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July 14-16- Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre discussed his possible return to the Packers and the NFL in a three part series that aired on Fox News with Greta Van Susteren.

July 15-Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Ben Sheets became the first Brewer pitcher to start a Major League All-Star Game. Sheets started for the National League in the mid-summer classic at Yankee Stadium. He pitched two scoreless innings. The American League rallied to win the game 4-3 in fifteen innings.

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July 20, 1975 Milwaukee Brewer Henry Aaron's tenth home run of the season was also his 755th and last in the Major Leagues. The Milwaukee Brewers won 6-2 over the Angels. Aaron hit the homer off veteran pitcher Dick Drago in the seventh inning. It gave him 26 RBI for the year. He had 76 games left in the season, but didn’t play much. He had only 65 at bats after that. 10,134 fans attended the game. The Brewers and Angels were last in their divisions at the time. George Scott had homered just before Aaron, and Aaron hit the first pitch for a homer.

July 21, 2007 Edgerton native and Madison resident Steve Stricker tied a British Open record when he fired a seven under par 64 in the third round of the tournament. He did set the Open course record at Carnoustie and was just one stroke off the tournament mark. Stricker birdied five of the first seven holes -- and seven total, including the 176-yard, par-3 13th --without recording a single bogey or worse. The round moved him into second place on the leader board at 6 under par, three shots behind leader Sergio Garcia.

July 22, 1951 Joe Kirkwood edged Sam Snead by two strokes to win the Blue Ribbon Open at North Hills Country Club in Menomonee Falls . Kirkwood 's four-day total was 271. (It was the first pro golf tournament held in Milwaukee in 11 years and the only year of the tournament).

July 23, 1976 Wisconsin Badgers defensive back Steve Wagner played in the last College All Star Football game ever played. In the second quarter Wagner intercepted a pass at the Pittsburgh 25-yard line by Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw to give the All-Stars an opportunity to score. They didn’t and trailed 9-0 at half. The Steelers took a 24-0 lead early in the third quarter and then with 1:22 left in the third heavy rain and a thunderstorm hit Chicago’s Soldier Field hard and the referees cleared the field. The storm continued and the game was called. The win gave the Pros a 31-9-2 edge in the series. The game was discontinued after this game and an annual tradition died on a rain soaked field.

July 24, 1967 With no Major League team in Milwaukee , The Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins played an exhibition game in front of a County Stadium crowd of 51,144.

July 25, 1976 Madison 's Jim Montgomery won an Olympic gold medal, and set a world record in the 100 meter freestyle at the Summer Games in Montreal . His time of 49.99 made him the first person to break the 50 second barrier.

July 26, 1962 Milwaukee Braves pitcher Warren Spahn hit his 31st career home run to become the all time HR leader for pitchers. The Braves beat the New York Mets 6-1. Spahnie hit the HR off Craig Anderson. Spahn also got the win handing the Mets their eleventh straight loss.

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