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Badgers LB suspended
MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin linebacker Jordan Turner, the Badgers' second-leading tackler last season, has been suspended from the team for a violation of the athletic department's discipline policy.
Athletic director Chris McIntosh announced Turner's suspension Friday.
The school didn't offer additional details or specifics, noting federal law prohibits it from disclosing information regarding disciplinary actions toward a student. But Turner said via Twitter that "earlier this week, I was cited with an OWI first offense along with additional traffic violations." He also apologized to his family, teammates, the school and the program.
OWI under Wisconsin law can be defined as operating while intoxicated or operating while impaired, depending on the circumstances of the situation.
Deer license trouble in Pa.
HARRISBURG -- A House committee plans a hearing on the Pennsylvania Game Commission's troubled launch of online antlerless deer license sales after hearing the commission's top official talk about it.
Bryan Burhans, the commission's executive director, appeared before the House Game and Fisheries Committee earlier this week to give a brief summary of problems tied to a recent rollout when the volume of individuals trying to access the website caused the system to slow down.
The system didn't crash, Burhans told the panel.
He said the delays occurred in the early morning and the issue was resolved by noontime.
And Burhans said the commission saw a large increase in the number of antlerless deer licenses sold compared to previous years.
The commission was given authority for these on-line sales under a 2022 state law.
Burhans said the advent of on-line sales has changed a long-established procedure where hunters had mailed their antlerless deer license application with a check to the county treasurer's office.
Under the new system, hunters can buy antlerless deer hunting licenses along with general hunting and furtaker licenses on-line or go to more than 650 issuing agent locations at sporting goods stores, gun stores, big box retailers, game commission offices and county treasurer's offices, according to the commission.
Women getting pro hockey
A new women's pro hockey league will begin competing in North America as early as January.
A co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers -- Mark Walter -- has purchased the seven-team Premier Hockey Federation. The new league will bring together North America's most accomplished female players, likely alongside talented players from Europe and Asia.
The league is expected to begin with six teams, split between the U.S. and Canada. The league also opens the door for potential involvement from the NHL.
The agreement ends a long standoff between the seven-team PHF and the Professional Women's Hockey Players' Association. The latter group includes Kendall Coyne Schofield, Sarah Nurse, Hilary Knight and many other U.S. and Canadian national team players who were unwilling to join the PHF, whose assets were purchased by Walter's firm.
From Mirror, wire reports