Archive for the ‘Sports & Recreation’ Category


A Coach’s Thoughts on Record Setting Badger Women’s Hockey Game

Last night saw NCAA record-setting attendance for women’s hockey. The “Fill the Bowl” promotion’s $1 tickets skyrocketed attendance to over 12,000 and the Johnson family went too. Sadly, the #1 ranked Badgers were rather tame and their high octance offense was held to just one goal (shown above) by a clearly inferior Bemidji team. Happily, [...]

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I Played Soccer With Landon Donovan Today!

What a great time! I’ve played with and against pros over the years, including against the 1986 South Korean World Cup squad but it’s been a while. But today was special. I played pick up soccer with US National Soccer team Captain, all-time leading scorer, MLS’s MVP and Champion LA Galaxy’s Landon Donovan!! We played [...]

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Soccer Semi-Final Loss…Again

This past weekend marked this year’s President’s Cup Indoor Soccer Tournament. My club hosts this tournament and I’ve missed the previous two years due to business travel. This year I played with the Over-38 team and while we did well, the team tends to lose in the semi-finals which is what happened yet again. I [...]

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Sporting Clays, the Big 4-0 Birthday and Business Networking

Saturday we celebrated my 40th shooting Sporting Clays at the Waunakee Gun Club. I got a shooting vest as a gift which is great. I’ve only ever shot shotguns 4 times in my life and each time I like it more and more. I’m considering getting one which is not making Anke too happy. Networking [...]

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