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Remembering the 2001 Milwaukee Bucks and the controversial Eastern Conference Finals

May 15, 2019

Eighteen years. A child born in May 2001 is now eligible to vote. Or to serve in the military. Back in the spring and through the summer of 2001, such a commitment had meant, for about a generation, less ...

10 not-that-interesting facts about Giannis Antetokounmpo

Josh Hoppert

May 8, 2019

The following article originally appeared in the April edition of Colectivo Coffee‘s “Off The Record” print-only periodical/crossword puzzle. You can pick up “Off The Record” free of charge at all 13 Milwaukee-...

1st And Bowl will bring “Football Bowling” to Wauwatosa

Tyler Maas

May 3, 2019

Have you ever seen Detroiters? Man, that show was unbelievable! Seriously, it might be the best new half-hour television comedy of the last 10 years. That's up for debate, of course, but it was hilarious. How d...

5 things to watch in the Bucks-Celtics second-round showdown

Dan Shafer

April 28, 2019

The second-round playoff series between the Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics is going to be a war. The preseason favorite to sit atop the post-LeBron Eastern Conference squares off against the top-seeded brea...

Your 2019 Green Bay Packers schedule (with game-by-game predictions)

Tyler Maas

April 18, 2019

Last night, while much of the state was watching the Bucks clobber the Pistons in Game 2 of the NBA Playoffs, Wisconsin's favorite (and third most successful, at the moment) professional sports team released th...

Here’s the 2019 Lakeshore Chinooks promotions schedule

Tyler Maas

April 16, 2019

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

Watch the Milwaukee Bucks dye the Milwaukee River green

Matt Wild

April 12, 2019

Friday morning, in advance of Sunday's playoff game, the Milwaukee Bucks dyed the Milwaukee River green. Well, the city and members of Plumbers Local 75 union did the actual dyeing (below the McKinley Avenue br...

Winter is coming…and so are the NBA Playoffs

Nick Hoppert

April 11, 2019

In case you weren't aware, local fans of exciting television are entering a once-in-a-lifetime convergence of fantastic programming: the highly anticipated final season of the insanely popular HBO series Game O...

69% of the 1980 Milwaukee Brewers preferred Pepsi over Coke. Nice.

Matt Wild

April 10, 2019

The Brewers, as a wise man once said, are hot. It's early in the season, of course, but the 2019 team looks to be just as explosive, fun, and Yelich-rific as the 2018 squad. Chances of this year ending with ano...

How does this season’s rotation compare to other historically young Brewers pitching staffs?

Kyle Lobner

April 9, 2019

It remains to be seen if the Brewers’ 2019 starting rotation will be good, but they’ll certainly be young. After passing or missing out on several veteran alternatives this winter, the Brewers opened the sea...

From 15 to 60 wins: Watching the Bucks complete a 5-year turnaround

Dan Shafer

April 8, 2019

Most of the fans in attendance at the sold-out Fiserv Forum on Sunday night stuck around to the final bell, and with good reason. The Milwaukee Bucks had just notched their 60th win of this magical, gift-from-a...

Opening Day and Back Again: Scenes from Opening Day 2018

Matt Wild

March 28, 2019

This piece appears with permission as an exclusive from The Milwaukee Anthology, out on April 9 from Belt Publishing. You read more about and order the book HERE. In the shadow of Miller Park stands another ...

It’s March, so Milwaukee County Parks will open 5 golf courses this Friday

Matt Wild

March 20, 2019

It's March. Another brutal, seemingly endless winter is mostly behind us, but it's still kind of cold. So what? So let's dance golf! Today, Milwaukee County Parks announced that five select golf courses—Lincoln...

A bandwagon fan’s guide to Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball

Nick Hoppert

March 20, 2019

Let's face it, fans of the University of Wisconsin men's basketball team were a bit spoiled there for a year or two...or 19. From 1999 to 2017, they crafted a consecutive tournament appearance streak that makes...

A bandwagon fan’s guide to Marquette men’s basketball

Kevin Mueller

March 19, 2019

The state of basketball in Milwaukee is strong. The Bucks are projected to win the most games in the NBA, and it’s on the back of one of the most exciting players in a decade. The Mike Budenholzer era is off an...

With no more ’90s movies left to spoof, the Brewers go ahead and spoof ‘Mean Girls’

Matt Wild

March 18, 2019

If you've spent the weeks leading up to Opening Day wondering which iconic '90s movies the Milwaukee Brewers would spoof this year, you're in for a big surprise. Yes, the team known for its viral parodies of Wa...

John Kuhn and 5 more players who signed one-day contracts to “retire as a Packer”

Tyler Maas

March 8, 2019

Yesterday, more than a year after playing his last down in the NFL, fullback John Kuhn officially called it a career. Though his time in Green Bay ended when the Packers opted not to re-sign the veteran after t...

Remembering ‘Jam City Rollergirls,’ the 2011 Wii game featuring the Brewcity Bruisers

Matt Wild

March 7, 2019

On Sunday, March 10 at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, the venerable Brewcity Bruisers will host their third bout of their 13th season. You read that right: the Milwaukee roller derby league has been jamming, b...

Since you probably missed it when it aired, here’s Christian Yelich’s ‘Magnum P.I.’ cameo

Tyler Maas

March 6, 2019

If you're anything like us, you probably missed Monday's all new episode of CBS' Magnum P.I. for one of the following reasons: • You're not in your mid-seventies • You don't watch original CBS programming ...

The 10 best Milwaukee Brewers one-year wonders

Kyle Lobner

February 26, 2019

Yasmani Grandal’s stay in Milwaukee might be brief, but the Brewers are trying to make the most of it. The Brewers’ biggest addition of the winter, Grandal is in camp on a one-year, $18.25 million contract a...