Brewers right-hander Ben Sheets became the second pitcher from a Milwaukee team to start in the All-Star Game. Milwaukee Braves lefty Warren Spahn started in 1958 and 1961. Sheets threw 42 pitches, 24 for strikes, during his two scoreless innings. The American League rallied for a victory scoring the winning run in the bottom of the 15th for a 4-3 win.
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The matchup between the Blugolds and Warhawks represented the third time in Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference history two schools met for a national championship - in any sport - and the first-ever meeting between two league opponents for the national title in softball.  The Blugolds end their season with a 36-11 record, while Whitewater fell to 39-11. 
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To get into the Legends Division, North was one of four who needed a sponsor exemption. North, who has had 11 operations for various injuries, spends most of his time doing television work for ABC and ESPN. Being part of the winning team now makes North exempt, but he doesn't expect to use his new playing privileges. The PGA Tour's intrepid stats crew figured it was 22 years, 10 months, 11 days since North's last win.
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The St. Norbert College ice hockey team claimed its first national championship with a 2-0 win over Plattsburgh State University at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York. The Green Knights became the first team in NCAA Division III history to post shutouts in both games in the NCAA Frozen Four. St. Norbert finished the year 27-1-4, becoming just the third team in NCAA Division III history to finish a season with just one loss – and the first one-loss team to win a national championship. The Green Knights will also carry a 29-game unbeaten streak into the 2008-09 season. St. Norbert head coach Tim Coghlin became the first person in NCAA Division III history to play on and coach a national men’s ice hockey champion. Coghlin was the captain of UW-Stevens Point’s 1989 national championship squad.
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For the first time in school history the Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team won the Big Ten regular season title and the Big Ten Tournament title.  
Behind 20 points and a career-high tying 14 rebounds from senior Brian Butch, the Wisconsin men’s basketball team became the outright Big Ten Champion after defeating Northwestern 65-52 at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Illinois on March 6. With the win, the Badgers ended the regular season with a 26-4 overall record while going 16-2 in conference play.  Then on March 16 the Badgers defeated Illinois 61-48 in the 2008 Big Ten Tournament championship game at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. This was Wisconsin’s second Big Ten Tournament title.  The regular season title was the third under head coach Bo Ryan.
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University of Wisconsin men's basketball player Brian Butch was a consensus first-team All-Big Ten selection by both the coaches and media. Butch, a senior, led six Badgers to Big Ten post season honors. Butch leads the Badgers in scoring (12.7 ppg.) and rebounding (7.0 ppg.), and ranks in the top 10 in the conference in both categories. UW has now had a first-team all-conference selection in each of Bo Ryan’s seven seasons as head coach. Kirk Penney was named in 2002 and 2003, Devin Harris earned the honors in 2004, Mike Wilkinson in 2005 and Alando Tucker in 2006 and 2007.

Guard Michael Flowers, earned second-team All-Big Ten honors from the media and third-team honors from the coaches. He was also named to the Big Ten’s All-Defensive Team for the second consecutive season. In addition to Flowers, junior Joe Krabbenhoft was selected to the Big Ten’s All-Defensive Team.  Junior forward Marcus Landry, the Badgers’ leading scorer during Big Ten play, was a second-team all-conference selection by the coaches and a third-team choice by the media. Sophomore Trevon Hughes earned consensus honorable mention All-Big Ten honors in his first year as UW’s starting point guard. Fellow sophomore Jason Bohannon earned the Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year award for his performance off the bench. Bohannon led the Big Ten in free throw shooting in league play and has made 39 consecutive free throws, the third-longest streak Big Ten history in conference games.
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Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre retired after 17 NFL seasons, the last 16 with the Packers. The 38-year-old Favre informed the Packers on March 2. He had flirted with retirement over the last several years but came back each time and rebounded to have one of his best seasons in 2007. The future Hall-of-Famer led the Packers to the NFC Championship game in 2007 after throwing for 4,155 yards and 28 touchdowns and compiling a 95.7 passer rating. The Mississippi native will leave the game as the NFL's all-time record holder in several categories including wins by a starting quarterback, passing yards, touchdowns and consecutive games started. He was a three-time NFL MVP, seven-time All-Pro and nine-time Pro Bowl selection.
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