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Rodgers and Brady are teammates in ‘The Match’

- JR Radcliffe Mike Hart of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel contribute­d.

It’s a clash of quarterbac­k generation­s for the newest iteration of TNT’s “The Match,” the celebrity golf showcase that featured Aaron Rodgers competing against Tom Brady last year mere months after Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers toppled Rodgers’ Packers in the NFC title game.

This time around, Rodgers and Brady are teaming up to challenge Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen in an all-NFL battle, airing June 1 from Las Vegas.

Last summer, Bryson DeChambeau and Rodgers got the best of Phil Mickelson and Brady in Montana, 3 and 2. DeChambeau fell to Brooks Koepka in November at Wynn Golf Club on the Las Vegas Strip, 5 and 3, and the sixth installmen­t of “The Match” will now return to Wynn, though this will be the first version of exhibition that doesn’t feature any PGA profession­als.

TNT will televise the 12-hole event, with coverage beginning at 5:30 p.m. locally. Over the years, the event has raised money for various charitable organizati­ons and donated 17 million meals to Feeding America.

The event promises unpreceden­ted access, with open mics on all the players and communicat­ion between broadcast commentato­rs and the players on the course. In the past, the broadcast crew has included Brewers broadcaste­r Brian Anderson.

Rodgers, an avid golfer, most recently took some swings at the Annexus Pro Am at TPC Scottsdale in advance of the Waste Management Phoenix Open in February.

Packers sign six, fill out coaching staff

Six Packers players signed their exclusive rights free-agent tenders Monday, the first day of the offseason program: linebacker Krys Barnes, tight end Dominique Dafney, center Jake Hanson, tackle Yosh Nijman, linebacker Randy Ramsey and receiver Malik Taylor.

The Packers also hired John Donovan as a senior analyst, filling the final opening on their coaching staff. Donovan will work with the Packers’ defense. He spent the last two years at the University of Washington, serving as offensive coordinato­r and quarterbac­ks coach.

Dillon fires first pitch at Brewers game at American Family Field

Monday featured a lot of “Packer weather.” Snow.

Cold.

And more snow.

So it was only fitting that a member of the Green Bay Packers was on hand at American Family Field to throw out the first pitch.

Running back AJ Dillon toed the slab before the Milwaukee Brewers faced the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was pretty impressed with his stuff, too. “85 mph right over the plate !!! Let me get a 1 day contract@brewers,” he said afterward via Twitter.

Maybe it’s time for Matt LaFleur to draw up a Quadzilla option play.

 ?? GETTY IMAGES ?? Packers quarterbac­k Aaron Rodgers plays his shot from the 16th tee during a pro-am event at the WM Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale in Arizona last February.
GETTY IMAGES Packers quarterbac­k Aaron Rodgers plays his shot from the 16th tee during a pro-am event at the WM Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale in Arizona last February.

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