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The ones that got away: 5 near-miss Brewers draft picks

June 4, 2018

The 2018 MLB Draft opens this week with the first 78 selections live on MLB Network on Monday, and the remaining 38 rounds spread over Tuesday and Wednesday. Many of the players selected in the early rounds wil...

Bowling In Place #3: JB’s On 41

Josh Hoppert

May 29, 2018

Milwaukeeans work hard and bowl harder. Follow this monthly series to learn more about your favorite bowling houses and some new ones you'll want to visit. In the 1950s, Deddo and Erv Raasch opened the 24-la...

You can buy a ticket to LeRoy Butler’s wedding

Tyler Maas

May 24, 2018

Do you like the Green Bay Packers? Do you have at least $75 (plus PayPal fees)? Are you free next May 11? If you answered yes to those questions, you're officially invited to LeRoy Butler's wedding. One of t...

Bobbleheads, pro wrestlers, and mystery envelopes: Here’s the Lakeshore Chinooks promotions schedule

Tyler Maas

May 3, 2018

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

Local romance author offers different kind of fantasy football with Milwaukee Dragons books

Rob Wieland

May 2, 2018

The last weekend of April featured a lot of big moments. Comic fans got to see a big messy crossover on the big screen. Winter finally decided to fuck off until September. And Packer fans got their heart rates ...

Bowling In Place #2: Holler House

Josh Hoppert

April 25, 2018

Milwaukeeans work hard and bowl harder. Follow this monthly series to learn more about your favorite bowling houses and some new ones you’ll want to visit. If you're looking for Milwaukee, Wisconsin, you wil...

“Why fight for crumbs when we can all make a bigger pie?” Milwaukee’s Austin Aries comes home

DJ Hostettler

April 19, 2018

It's been a long, winding road for Milwaukee's own Austin Aries to get back to Turner Hall. A 17-year veteran of the pro wrestling wars, having won world titles in promotions like Ring of Honor and TNA, Aries s...

9 nominees for the (nonexistent) Wisconsin Sports Poster Hall of Fame

Nick Olig

April 17, 2018

Few things are as subjective or nostalgic as posters. A blown-up snapshot and all that it stands for may conjure a million different reactions in people. Posters are like charming ghosts from a childhood bedroo...

Remembering the time the Milwaukee Bucks almost moved to Minnesota

Matt Wild

April 17, 2018

Tonight at 7 p.m., the Milwaukee Bucks meet the Boston Celtics for Game 2 of the first round of the 2018 NBA Playoffs. Yes, the Bucks are down one game, but no matter what happens over the course of the next we...

You can help “NBA Milhouse” get courtside seats for a Bucks playoff game

Tyler Maas

April 9, 2018

After an up and down season that included the firing of Jason Kidd, Giannis Antetokounmpo earning a spot in the All-Star Game's starting lineup, and Brandon Jennings being re-signed for some reason, the Milwauk...

Selling peanuts for peanuts: My summer job at Milwaukee County Stadium

Kevin Janowiak

April 2, 2018

In the summer of 1999, I had a plan to watch the Brewers for free. Better than that, I was going to get paid for it. All I had to do was get a job at Milwaukee County Stadium, sell a few hot dogs, and see Jerom...

Bowling In Place #1: Bay View Bowl

Josh Hoppert

March 29, 2018

Milwaukeeans work hard and bowl harder. Follow this monthly series to learn more about your favorite bowling houses and some new ones you'll want to visit. The first room you enter when you walk in the front...

The 10 best Milwaukee Brewers who never actually played a game with the Milwaukee Brewers

Kyle Lobner

March 19, 2018

Spring Training is a time for optimism across Major League Baseball. It’s a time to teams to come together and dream of career years, breakouts campaigns, and resurgences. Every camp is full of guys looking for...

11 Wisconsin professional athletes who changed their jersey number

Tyler Maas

March 14, 2018

Over the weekend, the Milwaukee Bucks signed Brandon Jennings to a 10-day contract. The move came after the past-prime guard proved himself over a seven-game stint with the Wisconsin Herd. His second stop with ...

Bob Uecker once wrecked his buddy’s new car, and it was glorious

Nick Olig

March 7, 2018

Bob Uecker didn't hit a home run in September of 1967, but his buddy Clete did. And that was good enough for Ueck. Some background: A Honda dealership in Atlanta was running a promotion for the players in th...

Here’s what’s happened in WWE since the last time Monday Night RAW was in Milwaukee

DJ Hostettler

March 5, 2018

As the Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center nears completion, the soon-to-be-Old-Yeller'd BMO Harris Bradley Center is going through a victory lap of final events, and WWE has joined the party, bringing on...

7 Milwaukee companies that definitely won’t get naming rights to the new Bucks arena

Matt Wild

February 28, 2018

UPDATE (7/26/18): It's Fiserv Forum. UPDATE (4/23/18): The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says the naming rights are "imminent," and that they will go to a "local company with a national presence." Here are s...

Mark it, Milwaukee: WMSE’s Rock-N-Roll Bowl returns March 25

Matt Wild

February 21, 2018

Winter in Milwaukee can be a long, slushy slog, filled with interminable grey days and bitterly cold nights. But Milwaukeeans are a hardy bunch, and they know that one of the best ways to ward off the winter bl...

Check out Eric Thames’ huge fucking truck

Tyler Maas

February 15, 2018

The Brewers reported to Spring Training today. While it's exciting—especially with the busy offseason Milwaukee had—to know the regular season isn't too far out, fans are still in line for about seven weeks of ...

Once un-Herd of, there’s a fun new pro hoops team in Oshkosh

Nick Olig

February 9, 2018

Menominee Nation Arena in Oshkosh was packed with Wisconsin Herd fans at a nearly full capacity on Saturday, February 3. A daylong snowstorm caused a few patches of empty seats, but the rest of us were treated ...