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And here are the inevitable “keep the name Miller Park” petitions

January 22, 2019

You already know the big news: Beginning in 2021, American Family Insurance will take over naming rights of Miller Park. What the renamed ballpark will be called "will be announced at a later date." Until th...

It’s now possible to buy a Gerhard de Beer jersey

Tyler Maas

January 15, 2019

Even though the Green Bay Packers aren't in the playoffs and they haven't really been in the postseason conversation since like 2016, there are some recent team developments that fans can be happy about. Last ...

Midseason Report: The Milwaukee Bucks are having their best season in decades

Dan Shafer

January 14, 2019

Midway through the 2018-19 season, the Milwaukee Bucks have been one of the NBA’s best teams. They have the second-best record in the league, and you could make a good argument that the Bucks have been the best...

Women lead the charge at Zelo Pro Wrestling’s Milwaukee Meltdown

Vince Morales

January 2, 2019

Last April, Zelo Pro made its Milwaukee debut at Turner Hall with a show featuring Austin Aries defending his Impact World Championship in a three-way match against Bryce Benjamin and Isaias Velazquez. We inter...

GB in da UP: Why the Packers are the Upper Peninsula’s preferred team

Tyler Maas

December 27, 2018

To most, Sunday afternoon's meeting between the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions doesn't mean a whole lot. Outside of offering marginal bragging rights for two subpar NFC North teams and serving as a platfor...

Listen to LeRoy Butler talk about the first Lambeau Leap (and watch an illustrated reenactment)

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 26, 2018

On December 26, 1993, LeRoy Butler forced a fumble. That play would set a chain of events into motion that would break a 10-season Packers playoff drought, send the defensive back into the stands, and change th...

Sundays at the Highbeary: How a Bay View soccer pub became Milwaukee’s biggest Chicago Bears bar

Tyler Maas

December 14, 2018

This Sunday afternoon, the Chicago Bears will host the Green Bay Packers for an important late-season game. The outcome could either clinch a division title for the Bears or potentially extend Green Bay's slim ...

Watch Milwaukee BMX rider Tim Knoll take to the streets, do some unbelievable stuff

Matt Wild

December 13, 2018

If your last exposure to freestyle BMX was Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX for the PS1, you'll be surprised to see how far the sport has progressed. Or, rather, how far Milwaukee BMX rider Tim Knoll has progressed it....

Here’s the Brewers’ 2019 (and tragically Uecker-less) giveaway schedule

Matt Wild

December 12, 2018

Baseball! Brewers! Giveaways! Is there anything better! No! So let's just cut to the chase: Here's the Milwaukee Brewers' 2019 giveaway schedule. Highlights include a Christian Yelich bobblehead (cue the Chr...

Weather got you down? Let Toasty Vibes warm your soul with his “Good Vibe Of The Day”

Tyler Maas

December 11, 2018

Last month, we introduced you to Toasty Vibes, an anthropomorphic marshmallow stoner and the mascot of the Brewers' new Rookie-Advanced affiliate. Though we think the Rocky Mountain Vibes probably should've put...

12 reasons to keep watching the 2018 Green Bay Packers

Tyler Maas

December 7, 2018

The 2018 season has been a tough one for the Green Bay Packers. As we all know, last week's loss to the 2-9 Arizona Cardinals at Lambeau Field was immediately followed by Mike McCarthy's firing. The team has st...

Brook Lopez autographed some dude’s microwave

Tyler Maas

December 5, 2018

Following nine (mostly) good seasons with the Nets and a year with the Lakers, Brook Lopez signed a team-friendly one-year, $3.38M deal with the Bucks this summer. Though the 2018-19 campaign is young, the vete...

Your guide to NXT’s best entrance songs

Sam Morales

December 3, 2018

NXT returns to Milwaukee this Thursday for the first time in over a year. As always, it's going to be a show you won't want to miss. This show sold out Turner Hall weeks ago, just as it did with a far different...

15 years ago, a Cardinals receiver became a Wisconsin sports hero: Remembering Nathan Poole

Tyler Maas

November 30, 2018

You might not remember Nathan Poole. That's more than fair if you don't. After all, the wide receiver only played parts of four seasons in the NFL. More importantly, Poole never played a game for the Green B...

This is your favorite Green Bay Packer now

Tyler Maas

November 29, 2018

There hasn't been much for Packers fans to be happy about this year. It's still November and the team is already teetering on the edge of postseason elimination. Mike McCarthy's job is in jeopardy, injuries are...

8 reasons you should jump on the Milwaukee Bucks bandwagon

Dan Shafer

November 27, 2018

As recently as a few years ago, if you wandered into a Milwaukee bar between October and April with the hopes of watching the local professional basketball team, you’d probably have had to ask the bartender, “h...

Just for old times’ sake, let’s see how Kato Kaelin felt about last night’s Packers game

Matt Wild

November 26, 2018

Last night's Green Bay Packers game. Ugh. Losing to the Minnesota Vikings 24-17. Ugh. The fact that the score suggests a closer, less depressing game than the one that actually occurred. Ugh. The 2018 Packers s...

Requiem for a reluctant deer hunter

Matt Wild

November 21, 2018

2014 I've been in my tree stand for an hour when a deer walks out in front of me. It appears from nowhere, absurd in its size, absurd in its very presence. It ambles its way to the dead center of my field of v...

Jake “The Snake” Roberts talks career, addiction, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Dirty Details Tour

Vince Morales

November 21, 2018

There are few names in professional wrestling that carry as much weight as Jake "The Snake" Roberts. From his all-time great finishing move to his pet snake and his classic soft-talking interviews, Roberts is o...

Brewers minor league affiliate should’ve put s’more thought into new mascot “Toasty Vibes”

Tyler Maas

November 20, 2018

Yesterday, the Milwaukee Brewers' new Pioneer League club announced its team name. The Colorado Springs-based Rookie-level affiliate will officially be known as the...Rocky Mountain Vibes. Back in July, the ...