Sports

June 16, 2023

This past Tuesday, the Vegas Golden Knights won the first Stanley Cup in franchise history. Among the players on that championship-winning roster is journeyman right wing Phil Kessel. This season's Stanley Cup ...

Famous Racing Sausages, ranked

June 11, 2023

They're the first (and the best) of their kind. They've been repeatedly imitated by mid-inning promotions at other ballparks, but never successfully replicated. Though they were only created 30 years ago, they'...

The Show on Riverwest Radio: Ben Askren

June 5, 2023

Hosted by Kyle & Chris, The Show can be heard every day on WXRW 104.1 in Milwaukee. We interview people with stories to tell. Follow The Show on Twitter, Instagram, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. Wisco...

It’s down to 64 possible names for Milwaukee’s new pro soccer team. Vote now!

May 22, 2023

Remember last October when it was suddenly announced that Milwaukee would be getting a new USL Championship soccer team, and that it would be playing in a new 8,000-capacity outdoor stadium being built in the n...

The Show on Riverwest Radio: Jake “The Snake” Plummer (The Show’s Official NFL Correspondent)

May 20, 2023

Hosted by Kyle & Chris, The Show can be heard every day on WXRW 104.1 in Milwaukee. We interview people with stories to tell. Follow The Show on Twitter, Instagram, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. Jake ...

Bay View planning “wheel park” for skateboarders, other riders in Beulah Brinton Playfield

May 4, 2023

Good news, skate rats and BMX bandits: Bay View may be getting a new "wheel park" in Beulah Brinton Playfield (2555 S. Bay St.)! The 5,000-square-foot-or-less park—dubbed the "Wheel Spot"—would cater to skatebo...

The original Milwaukee County Stadium Racing Sausages from 1993 are on eBay

May 3, 2023

In his seminal 2003 jam "eBay" (a parody of Backstreet Boys' seminal 1999 jam "I Want It That Way"), "Weird Al" Yankovic rattles off a host of oddities found on the then-new-ish auction site: a PacMan Fever lun...

Proposed Brewers stadium deal is a short-sighted swing and miss

Dan Shafer

April 27, 2023

Dan Shafer is the founder of The Recombobulation Area, an award-winning, reader-supported weekly column and online publication. Click HERE to subscribe. A somewhat surprising announcement arrived in the inbo...

Pro wrestlers, ‘Paw Patrol’ and bobbleheads: Your 2023 Lakeshore Chinooks promo schedule

April 25, 2023

Though baseball season is already underway in Milwaukee and the Brewers currently sit a game out of first place a few weeks into the season, there’s another team in the region that’s getting ready to take the f...

Mandatory Milwaukee: The uncommon pleasures of Milwaukee County Golf

Pete McDermott

April 17, 2023

Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some Milwaukee things become iconic. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Milwaukee County Golf! Before I begin, let me be clear: this is not an at...

Crusherfest is announcing wrestling legends who will be coming to South Milwaukee June 3-4

April 17, 2023

You read that right, turkeynecks: Crusherfest—the not-quite-annual celebration of wrestling legend Reggie “Da Crusher” Lisowski—will return to the wrestler's native South Milwaukee on June 3-4, 2023. Over th...

AEW Dynamite brings momentum, star power to Milwaukee this week

Vince Morales

April 11, 2023

When professional wrestling last made its way to Milwaukee, it was WWE in the heart of WrestleMania season. With some big names and the idea of Roman Reigns' reign of terror finally coming to an end by the ...

The Show on Riverwest Radio: Chris Jericho

April 11, 2023

Hosted by Kyle & Chris, The Show can be heard every day on WXRW 104.1 in Milwaukee. We interview people with stories to tell. Follow The Show on Twitter, Instagram, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. Chris...

The Show on Riverwest Radio: Jake “The Snake” Plummer

April 9, 2023

Hosted by Kyle & Chris, The Show can be heard every day on WXRW 104.1 in Milwaukee. We interview people with stories to tell. Follow The Show on Twitter, Instagram, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. Jake ...

Stuff We Missed: You can buy alcohol for one inning longer at Brewers games this year

April 7, 2023

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. • If you've been paying attention to baseball this year, you've surely noticed...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Opening Day!

April 3, 2023

Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some Milwaukee things become iconic. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Opening Day! What can you can say about Opening Day? You can say somethin...

Let’s ask the Uecker 8-Ball some questions about the Milwaukee Brewers’ 2023 season

March 30, 2023

Back in 2017, the Milwaukee Brewers released one of the finest fan giveaways in the history of baseball: a Bob Uecker-themed magic 8-ball. Just ask the haunted hunk of hollow plastic a question, flip it over, a...

Milwaukee Brewers logos, ranked

March 30, 2023

It's Opening Day, so I'm going to rank Milwaukee Brewers logos. Why beat around the bush? Let's just get to this shit. Dispute this if you'd like, but these are the official rankings so you're just going to hav...

Aaron Rodgers: “I want to play, and I would like to play in New York”