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USA Today
3 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Former Wisconsin basketball center adds to his list of NBA workouts
Former Wisconsin basketball center adds to his list of NBA workouts Former Wisconsin Badgers center Steven Crowl is compiling a long list of NBA workouts. Crowl, whose Badgers tenure concluded with an NCAA Tournament Round of 32 loss to BYU in late March, has reportedly worked out with the Golden State Warriors, New Orleans Pelicans, Charlotte Hornets and Denver Nuggets over the past few weeks. The 7-foot center's most recent workout came with the Pelicans on Thursday, per The Athletic's Will Guillory. Crowl worked out alongside North Carolina's R.J. Davis, Arkansas' Johnell Davis and Kansas' Hunter Dickinson. Earlier this week, the Hornets worked out former Badger Chucky Hepburn alongside Crowl, per Hornets beat writer Rod Boone. The two spent three seasons in Madison together from 2021-24. Crowl isn't the only former Badger to dip his toes into NBA waters this offseason. Star guard John Blackwell worked out with the Chicago Bulls, Milwaukee Bucks, Portland Trailblazers and Philadelphia 76ers before withdrawing from the 2025 NBA draft in late May. The Minnesota native started 141 of his 153 career appearances in five seasons from 2020-25. In those contests, the veteran averaged 9.7 points, 5.6 rebounds and two assists off a 52.5% shooting rate from the field, 36.3% mark from 3 and 82% clip from the charity stripe. During Wisconsin's 27-10 output this past season, Crowl started all 37 games and logged per-game averages of 9.9 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists. He did so while shooting 54% from the field, a strong 41% from 3 and 82% from the free-throw line. At his size, Crowl's shooting ability is an unquestionable commodity in the NBA. Given modern spacing and skill at the center position, the former Badger's progression as a shooter, especially from the top of the key, headlines his potential professional portfolio. Nonetheless, Crowl's odds of being picked in the 2025 NBA draft or signing with an NBA franchise are slim. The workouts will expose him to some NBA personnel, but his most likely route revolves around a career oversees. Contact/Follow @TheBadgersWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Wisconsin Badgers news, notes and opinion
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Ohio University composts nearly 100% of campus food waste
ATHENS, Ohio (WCMH) — One Ohio college is working toward being as sustainable as possible and a big part of that is composting uneaten food. Colleges like Ohio University have a lot of food waste left over from the kitchen and dining halls. Ohio University has figured out how to compost 100 percent of that food waste. Where the Pike County massacre case stands nine years later With around 20,000 students at the school, it's no wonder there is some food waste. But for students in the dining halls, the university has made it easy. Students just put their uneaten food on a conveyor belt. 'There are student workers there who will scrape that food waste into one of these large green bins,' Ohio University Director of Sustainability Sam Crowl said. 'Those bins are then stored at that dining hall for the day. They'll bring them up here and then they'll add them with wood chips into the compost facility to start the decomposition process.' Ohio University's facility is the largest in-vessel composting system at any college in the country, processing more than five tons of food waste each day. Athens Mayor Steve Patterson said sustainability is huge for the school and for the city. Columbus receives 'F' grade for air quality from American Lung Association 'It's in our DNA, it's in the university's DNA to constantly be very environmentally conscious about the things that we are doing,' Patterson said. 'The composting program is a big piece of that.' Crowl said all of the food waste that goes through the compost facility is turned into nutrient-dense soil, which then goes back to the university. 'They'll pick it up on a daily basis, especially now in the spring and the summer,' Crowl said. 'They'll take it down to campus and spread it around all our trees and all our flower beds on our intramural fields and anywhere that that nutrient-rich soil can do good.' Crowl said the compost system is not just about helping the planet; it's also about being economically responsible. Ohio professors organize to try to stop anti-DEI higher education law 'All of the electricity savings we're doing up here, all of the savings of not having to ship this to the landfill, that's part of the equation, and certainly we're helping people and certainly we're helping the environment,' he said. On top of composting all the food, Ohio University's facility is completely sustainable, getting most electricity from solar panels and using a waste oil burner to heat the place in the winter. To learn more about how Ohio University's system works, click here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Pierce County Republican Party urges judge: Stop the ‘Pierce County Republican Party'
The name 'Pierce County Republican Party' was recently registered as a nonprofit corporation with the Washington Secretary of State's Office, but not by the local GOP. Eric Crowl, an elected Republican precinct committee officer who's been entrenched in a bitter fight with the party, registered the available name on March 4 through a political action committee he controls called Washington47 PAC, state business records show. Now, the Pierce County Republican Party is suing the Pierce County Republican Party — sort of. The official party has taken to court its nonprofit namesake, Crowl and his PAC. In a lawsuit filed March 23 in U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, the Pierce County Republican Party alleges that Crowl has proclaimed to be the party's new chair and used its name on social media, including during live audio rooms on X advertised as 'Pierce County Republican Party — Press Availability.' The federal suit, which asks a judge to stop Crowl from using the party's name, accuses Crowl of intentionally seeking to trade on the party's reputation, confuse or deceive voters and interfere with the party's political relationships while violating federal trademark law. 'From our perspective, it seems that he is trying to steal the brand and trying to claim that he owns the party,' Pierce County Republican Party attorney Conner Edwards told The News Tribune. An unincorporated organization, such as the county Republican Party, may still litigate to enforce its trademark, according to Edwards. Asked whether the party should have registered its name to prevent someone else from doing so, Edwards noted that most county parties don't file for incorporation. 'It's not an oversight,' he said. In an interview with The News Tribune, Crowl called the suit's allegations contrived and driven by personal animus toward him. 'At no point have I attempted to conduct business as the Pierce County Republican Party,' he said. The lawsuit was preceded by a conflict that arose in November when the party's Executive Board unanimously voted to deny Crowl entry into the party's biennial reorganization meeting held the following month in Puyallup. Crowl was excluded from the meeting despite winning election for precinct committee officer (PCO) in August in a race that Edwards said was uncontested. During the reorganization meeting, PCOs are sworn in and Central Committee officers are elected, according to the party's current bylaws. PCOs are members of the Central Committee, which is the party's governing body. PCOs represent the party, participate in related activities and may elect State Central Committee members and nominate persons to fill political office vacancies. It's a role with a two-year term that began for Crowl on Dec. 1. Crowl was informed in November that the county Republican Party didn't recognize him as a member in good standing, however, citing several years of alleged repeat behavior 'damaging to the mission and goals of the party,' according to a letter Crowl received from Edwards, which Crowl posted to his X account last fall. In an interview Tuesday, Crowl said that the party never clarified what purported damaging behaviors he had demonstrated. Asked about those behaviors, Edwards referred The News Tribune to party Chairman Dave McMullan, who didn't immediately return a message. Nearly a decade ago, Crowl pleaded no contest to one count of unlawful possession of a firearm and was sentenced to three years of probation in a case stemming from Oregon, according to news outlet KOIN 6 in Portland. He appeared to be monitoring and filming a Portland police precinct in 2016 when his vehicle was discovered to have multiple guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition inside, the outlet reported. Crowl, who was purportedly observing police as a citizen journalist and had done so previously that year, failed to empty his car from a recent family camping trip and inadvertently stored one of his lawfully purchased, unloaded firearms in violation of the state's concealed-carry law, according to Crowl's attorney at the time, KOIN 6 reported. 'The hysteria surrounding the case was pretty wild,' Crowl told The News Tribune. Crowl, who frequently posts on X, has defended himself online when others occasionally bring up the case. He also has documented his criticisms about the county GOP, including in one post referring to his exclusion from its reorganization meeting as an apparent 'unlawful criminal conspiracy to obstruct me from performing my official duties' as PCO. Crowl told The News Tribune that he had been shut out from attending due to 'political differences' and because he intended to run against McMullan. 'I think Dave McMullan was very aware that he was going to lose the election for chairman to me,' Crowl said. 'I had widespread support to replace him.' Crowl, who described himself as a supporter of President Donald Trump, said he believed that the county Republican Party is not aligned with Trump's agenda. He also claimed to have been at odds with the party for backing controversial gubernatorial candidate Semi Bird last year. He declined to specify his reasons for registering the party's name, citing the pending litigation. Edwards said there's legal precedent that allowed the party to exclude Crowl from its meeting and that the Executive Board was 'confident' it had made the right decision to do so. The lawsuit claims that Crowl had been threatening to sue the party over his exclusion when he discovered that the party wasn't incorporated with the Secretary of State's Office. 'Following this, Defendant Crowl rushed to social media, announced the organization's registration, created a Facebook page with the name 'Pierce County Republican Party', and proclaimed himself the new party chair,' the suit said. The Facebook page was no longer up at the time the lawsuit was filed. 'You cannot steal an organization's brand,' Edwards said. 'He cannot do what he has done.' The lawsuit is also seeking unspecified damages related to the alleged trademark infringement and legal fees.
Yahoo
27-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Wisconsin center Steven Crowl makes history in win over Washington
Fueled by sophomore John Blackwell and excellent bench play, Wisconsin Basketball (22-6, 12-5 Big Ten) notched a 26-tally win over the Washington Huskies (13-15, 4-13 Big Ten) on Tuesday. The Badgers didn't leave any doubt in the result. Star wing John Tonje, who leads Greg Gard's group in scoring, kick-started the offensive action with seven quick points. Blackwell, who finished with 24 points, assumed the lead offensive duties afterward. The Michigan native scored 19 of his 24 points in the first half to fuel Wisconsin to a 15-point edge at intermission. The Badgers' bench unit would then lead the way in the second half. While UW did not receive any individual 30-point performance, the team orchestrated one of its more well-rounded performances of the 2024-25 campaign. One of the team's critical playmakers, veteran center Steven Crowl, finished with 12 points, three rebounds and a team-best four assists in 25 minutes of action. On top of that, Crowl made history in the decisive victory: he became the eighth player in program history to secure 100 career wins. 'Obviously if you get 100 wins you're doing a lot of things right.'Way to go Big Steve! — Wisconsin Basketball (@BadgerMBB) February 26, 2025 The veteran center has won nearly 70% of the games he's appeared in during his Wisconsin career, one that began during the 2020-21 season. In 29 games this season, Crowl is responsible for 9.4 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists per appearance. His production has dwindled slightly this season with Tonje and Nolan Winter's emergences. Still, his capabilities as a passer and an interior presence make him one of the team's more valuable pieces, Over the past three games, he's responsible for nearly 15 points and over five rebounds per game. Wisconsin will certainly require his top-end contributions when it ventures to East Lansing for a bout against No. 8 Michigan State on March 2. Contact/Follow on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on to follow ongoing coverage of Wisconsin Badgers news, notes and opinion This article originally appeared on Badgers Wire: Wisconsin Basketball Washington recap Steven Crowl 100 win milestone
Reuters
19-02-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
John Tonje scores 31 to carry No. 11 Wisconsin past Illinois
February 19 - John Tonje scored 31 points and Steven Crowl added 20 as No. 11 Wisconsin won its fifth straight and also ended a nine-game losing streak against Illinois with a 95-74 Big Ten victory Tuesday night in Madison, Wis. John Blackwell added 16 points for Wisconsin (21-5, 11-4 Big Ten), which had not beaten the Illini in exactly six years, a 64-58 win at home on Feb. 18, 2019. Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn had 17 points and Ben Humrichous added 13 for Illinois (17-10, 9-8). Freshman guard Kasparas Jakucionis, who entered averaging a team-high 16.0 points per game, was held to just six points. Early in the second half, Gibbs-Lawhorn hit a 3-pointer to make it a two-possession game at 50-45, but Wisconsin boosted the margin to 64-53 on a three-point play by Tonje. The Badgers hit six of eight shots over a six-minute stretch, extending the lead to 84-67 on Crowl's open lay-in underneath with just over five minutes remaining. Blackwell's 3-pointer put the Badgers up 91-72 with 2:22 left. Tonje hit 9 of 15 shots, including 3 of 5 from deep, and 10 of 12 from the foul line. Wisconsin shot 52.3 percent, including 10 of 24 from 3-point range (41.7 percent). The Badgers also had a dominating 48-28 edge on points in the paint. Wisconsin capitalized on illness and injury for a 39-30 advantage on the boards over the Illini, No. 2 in the country in rebound margin at 10 per game. Illinois center Tomislav Ivisic, who has been battling the flu, did not start, and had just seven points and three rebounds in 21 minutes. Illini freshman forward Morez Johnson Jr., second with 6.6 boards per game, broke his wrist in a 79-65 loss to Michigan State on Saturday. Nolan Winter had a game-high eight rebounds for Wisconsin, and Crowl pulled down seven. Wisconsin went in front 29-17 with 7 1/2 minutes left in the first half when Max Klesmit's 3-pointer capped an 8-0 run. Xavier Amos' 3-pointer put the Badgers up 45-35, but the Illini closed the half with a 6-2 run.
